Commonwealth v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Commonwealth appeals here from a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) award of death benefits to Mildred Cehelnik, the widow of an employee of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation (employer) who died on February 16, 1976 as a result of coal worker’s pneumoconiosis. The referee and the Board apportioned the liability for the award at twenty-five percent (25%) for the Commonwealth and seventy-five percent (75%), for the employer. The award was made and apportioned pursuant to Section 305.1 of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act),1 which provides:

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