Modern Transfer v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Edwin J. Feiertag died of a heart attack on April 25,1975, in the course of his employment. His widow, Elizabeth Feiertag (claimant) filed a fatal claim petition for workmen’s compensation benefits on behalf of herself and three children contending that decedent’s work activities on April 22, 23, 24 and 25, 1975, aggravated a pre-existing heart condition which resulted in his death. The referee dismissed the petition concluding that claimant had failed to establish that Feiertag’s death was work-related within the meaning of Section 301(c) of The Pennsylvania…