Municipality of Bethel Park v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
The Municipality of Bethel Park (Employer) appeals the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming an award of workmen’s compensation survivor’s benefits to Carol Willman (Claimant) upon the death of her husband, William H. Willman (Decedent).
On September 17,1985, Decedent suffered a fatal myocardial infarction (heart attack) and collapsed at Claimant’s feet in the kitchen of his Bethel Park home. Earlier that day, Decedent, a twenty-one year veteran of the Bethel Park Police Department, had begun a five-day vacation and had been off-duty since that…
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