Little v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge BROBSON.1

Petitioner Janet Little (Claimant), the surviving spouse of David Little, deceased (Decedent), petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed the decision of a workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) to deny Claimant’s fatal claim petition.2 We affirm.

Keeping in mind that the WCJ was considering both a claim petition and a fatal claim petition, we summarize the WCJ’s factual findings (Reproduced Record (R.R.) at 61a-62a) as follows. Decedent worked for Employer on October 1, 2005,3 when he sustained an injury to his…