Fink v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

This case comes before us on appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed the referee and awarded benefits to the appellee-widow on her fatal claim petition. It was argued before a panel of this Court in March of 1978 and was subsequently ordered to be argued before the Court en banc at this session. We affirm.

The decedent was employed by the appellant Le-Roy Fink, who ran a swimming pool cleaning service known as Sylvania Tree & Pool Service. On June 5, 1972, the decedent and a co-employee went to the home of a…