Abbotts Dairies v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Abbotts Dairies (Abbotts) and its insurer, Mutual Liability Insurance Co., appeal to this Court from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which reversed a referee’s denial of compensation to Betty Yates (Claimant), the widow of Edward Yates (decedent).

The decedent was employed by Abbotts as a milkman for twenty-two years. On March 12, 1974, while driving his milk truck, he was fatally injured in a single-vehicle accident to which there were no eyewitnesses. The decedent’s wife applied for death benefits under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s…