SCM Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion ry

President Judge Crumlish, Jr,

SCM Corporation (SCM) appeals a Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) order upholding a referees decision granting the fetal claim petition of Kathleen Shullman, widow of Louis Shullman. Section 301(a) of The Pennsylvania Workmens Compensation Act (Act). We affirm.

Shullmans husband, a technician, worked in SCMs magnetic materials lab for five years. In September 1982 he was transferred to the production department as a clerk in charge of inventory. Two months later, Mr. Shullman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound just prior to leaving for work.

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