Johnson v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Plazel K. Johnson (Claimant), widow of Robert E. Johnson (Decedent), appeals from the denial of her fatal claim petition. Both the referee and the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) concluded that Claimant had failed to meet her burden of proving that an occupational disease was a substantial contributing factor in Decedents death.1 We affirm.

Prior to his death, Decedent had received workmens compensation benefits for total disability due to “anthracosilicosis, chronic asthmatic bronchitis, possible silicosis and probable bronchiectasis.” Referees Fact Finding…