Lineal Industries, Inc. v. Worker's Compensation Appeal Board

542 Pa. 595 (1995)

669 A.2d 329

LINEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. and Glenn Falls Insurance Company

v.

WORKER'S COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD (Else B. ESSEL, Mother of Brian K. Adams, Deceased).

Appeal of Else B. Essel.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted October 27, 1995.

Decided December 29, 1995.

J. Bradley Kearns, Pittsburgh, for Else Essel.

Steven L. Morrison, Pittsburgh, for Lineal Industries, Inc. and Glenn Falls Ins. Co.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

At issue in this case is whether a claimant in a…