McCloskey v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Williams, Jr.,

This is an appeal by the widow of a deceased employe of J. H. France Refractories, Inc. (employer), seeking reversal of an Order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which dismissed her fatal claim petition. The Board reversed a referee’s award of benefits to Mrs. Harold McCloskey (appellant) on the grounds that the record before the Board failed to establish that Harold McCloskey (decedent) died from an occupational disease compensable under Section 301(c)(2) of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1

Harold McCloskey was employed by J.…