Epler v. North American Rockwell Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIX, Justice.

This case is on appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court which reversed the Workmen’s Compensation *394Appeal Board’s affirmance of a Referee’s award of workmen’s compensation benefits to Mabel A. Epler as the result of the death of her husband, Franklin M. Epler.

Decedent, Franklin M. Epler, was employed by North American Rockwell Corporation as a laborer and machine operator in its foundry. On the afternoon of May 19, 1972, decedent parked his car in a lot provided by his employer for employees who drove to work. The municipality in which employer’s plant…