Beebe v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Margaret M. Beebe, widow of Earl E. Beebe, deceased, Claimant in this fatal claim petition proceeding under Section 307 of The Pennsylvania Workmens Compensation Act (Act), 1 appeals here the order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referees disallowance of benefits for the death of the deceased employee, Earl E. Beebe. We affirm.

The referee found that decedent, age 57 at the time of his death, was a cigarette smoker, smoking 2 to 3 packs per day from the age of 13 until 1970, and a pipe thereafter until July of 1979. He died on…