Copperweld Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Claimant1 was awarded workmen’s compensation benefits by a referee whose decision was affirmed by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board). The employer2 filed the instant appeal.

Claimant’s husband died on September 1, 1977 after collapsing in the employer’s cafeteria during regular working hours. In the several years prior to his death, the employee’s3 work responsibilities as a payroll clerk had escalated dramatically by reason of *480the retirement of his supervisor whose duties he assumed and the computerization of the payroll office for which he was…