Miller Motor Mart v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Miller Motor Mart (Miller Motor) and Erie Insurance Exchange have appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming a referee’s award of compensation benefits to Alice Sines and Lois Thomas, whose husbands, Lowell Sines and Samuel Thomas, were killed while transporting a fuel tank to Miller Motor premises.

Miller Motor was engaged in the business of selling farm machinery, lawn and garden equipment and gasoline from pumps located on its premises. Desirous of expanding its business to include the sale of diesel fuel, Miller Motor ordered a two…