Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

On January 3, 1973, decedent died as a result of injuries sustained in the course of his employment by appellant. Appellant has paid burial expenses and compensation for two surviving minor children.

On December 24, 1973, appellee-claimant filed a fatal claim petition alleging she was the widow of the decedent and entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits. Appellant answered that the parties’ marriage terminated in divorce and that appellee-claimant was neither actually dependent on the decedent for support nor receiving from him a substantial portion of her support…