Legal Opinion
McCusker v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 28, 1994No. 52 W.D. Appeal Docket 1992PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
We granted this appeal to consider a challenge on federal and state constitutional grounds to § 307(7) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act), of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 562, which provides for benefits to dependents of deceased workers.
Appellant, Alan McCusker, began receiving workmen’s compensation benefits pursuant to § 307(7) of the Act in January, 1980, after his wife was killed in a work-related accident. In 1988, Rushton Mining Company (Employer) petitioned to terminate the Appellant’s benefits alleging that he was living in a meretricious…
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