Bevilacqua v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

Joseph L. Bevilacqua (claimant) petitions for review of the opinion and order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the referee and dismissing his claim petition.

The claimant was employed by J. Bevilacqua Sons, Inc. (employer), which is owned and operated by his family. He worked there for approximately twenty years. For the first fifteen years, he was a sheet metal worker under the direct supervision of a foreman. During that time, his father and two uncles ran the business. Approximately five years before June 23, 1980, the claimant’s…