Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Gutman

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

This is an appeal from a decision and order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed *178a referee’s denial of benefits sought by a Fatal Claim Petition of a workman’s widow.

Bernard Gutman died on April 12, 1972 as a result of thrombophlebitis developing after an operation for the repair of an inguinal hernia on April 4, 1972. His widow theréafter filed a Fatal Claim Petition for death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act1, alleging that the hernia was caused by an employment-related accident occurring in March or April, 1970. A referee, after two…