Kondrat v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming the referee’s denial of the dependents’ claim of Gloria Kondrat. We vacate and remand.

Mrs. Kondrat filed a fatal claim petition for dependents’ benefits following the death of her husband, Albert Kond rat. 1 The referee found the following relevant facts giving rise to that claim. Albert Kondrat was employed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation as an expediter in the purchasing department of the Nuclear Operations Division. He and his wife attended an employer-sponsored dinner…