Commonwealth, Bureau of Workers' Compensation v. Uchaker

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

■The appellee, Mary Uchaker, filed a fatal claim petition for burial expenses under section 307(8) of the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act, Act of June 21, 1939, P.L. 566, as amended, 77 P.;S. §1407, alleging that her husband, Rudolph Uchaker, died of an occupational disease. The referee granted the petition; however, the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversed. The Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County reversed the Board. We affirm the action of the common pleas court.

*402The appellee introduced into ¡evidence a physician's report which opined…