J. R. Hess, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

J. R. Hess, Inc., formerly the employer of Vincent V. Bucci, and its insurance carrier here appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming a referee’s award of benefits on Mr. Bucci’s widow’s fatal claim petition. The issue is whether Mr. Bucci’s death in a motor vehicle accident arose in the course of his employment.1

The accident in which Mr. Bucci was fatally injured occurred at about 1:30 o’clock P.M. on May 18, 1972, on a parkway near Swissvale, a community in Allegheny County adjoining the eastern boundary line of the City of…