Loomer v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Pauline A. Loomer, the widow of Walter E. Loomer, Jr., has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board reversing the award by a referee of benefits on her widow’s fatal claim petition. We affirm.

Mr. Loomer, a Pennsylvania resident, was employed as an outside salesman for Hample Equipment Company (Hample), a New York corporation. He had been hired in 1973 at Hample’s place of business in New York. Hample’s business was that of distributing and installing food service equipment and supplies. Mr. Loomer was Hample’s sales representative for Chemung…