Penn Steel Foundry & Machine Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Kalish,

Penn Steel Foundry and Machine Company (employer) seeks review of the opinion and order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the referee, which granted the fatal claim petition of the claimant, Ruth R. Wagner. We affirm.

Claimant seeks compensation for the death of her husband, David Wagner (decedent), alleging that he died as a direct result of an occupational disease.

The employer contends that the fatal claim petition should fail because decedents death did not occur within 300 weeks of the last exposure, pursuant to section 301(c)(2) of…