Duffy v. City of Scranton/Fire Dept.

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (Bureau), acting for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1 and the City of Scranton (Employer), appeal here the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County which affirmed the grant of widow’s benefits to Mary Duffy (Claimant) by the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board) under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (Act). 2 We shall affirm.

Claimant’s husband, Michael P. Duffy, had been employed as a fire fighter by the City of Scranton for twenty-one years. As a result of exposures during the performance of…