Shultz v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

CRAIG, President Judge.

Marie Shultz, the claimant and widow of John Shultz, is appealing an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board that affirmed a referee’s decision granting the petition of the employer, LeRoy Roofing Co., for termination of benefits after determining that the claimant had engaged in a meretricious relationship subject to § 307(7) of the Pennsylva*36nia Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 562 (the Act). We affirm.

The referee found the following facts. The claimant has been receiving death benefits in the amount of $94.00 a…