Faust v. Commonwealth, Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Edith H. Faust, widow of A. Wesley Faust, appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s dismissal of her fatal claim petition. We affirm.

*286A. Wesley Faust, on the day of his death, was a police officer employed by New Hanover Township. He offered to assist a police officer in Limerick Township in an accident investigation. The Limerick Township police officer arrived at the scene of the accident before Officer Faust and commenced his investigation. Within a few minutes an unidentified bystander shouted, “Gret over here,…