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COONEY v. W.C.A.B. (PATTERSON UTI, INC.)

No. 1681 C.D. 2013

94 A.3d 425 (2014)

Bret COONEY (deceased)-Amanda Serrano, Petitioner v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (PATTERSON UTI, INC.), Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 12, 2014.

Reargument Denied August 1, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Murphy , Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

Michael T. Delia Vecchia , Pittsburgh, for respondent Patterson UTI, Inc.

BEFORE: ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge, ANNE E. COVEY, Judge, and ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN, Senior Judge.

OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

In this appeal, Amanda Serrano (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a Workers' Compensation Judge's (WCJ) denial of her fatal claim petition seeking death benefits as a widow under Section 307(3) of the Workers' Compensation Act (Act).1 The WCJ determined Claimant failed to establish a valid common-law marriage to Bret Cooney (Decedent). Claimant...

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