Elizabethtown Sportswear v. Stice

HAYES, Chief Judge:

The single question at issue in this appeal is whether the evidence before the Workers’ Compensation Board compelled a finding that the death of Cinthia Stice was directly related to a compensable injury and thus death benefits must be awarded. We are in complete agreement with the trial judge that the evidence does compel such a finding.

Mrs. Stice suffered a work-related back injury in June, 1983 after which she received treatment for recurring pain up to July, 1984 when she was hospitalized for a lumbar myelogram. Within twenty-four hours of this procedure, Mrs. Stice…