Copher v. American Standard

LESTER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment reversing the Worker’s Compensation Board’s order denying American Standard the right to credit for disability benefits paid to Madeline Copher, the widow of its employee, Ralph Copher. Mr. Copher, an employee for the appellee for thirty-five years, developed pneumoconiosis and was found to be totally disabled. He received a weekly award from the Worker’s Compensation Board in 1984, in the approximate sum of $239.33 from May of 1982 for so long as he remained disabled. His award contained the standard statement that:

Said defendant is to take…