Ball v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

In this workmen’s compensation case, Mabel Ball (claimant) appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which reversed a referee’s award of attorney’s fees and failed to award penalties to the claimant.

On September 29, 1972, claimant’s husband, John Ball, an employee of Universal Cyclops Steel Corporation (employer), suffered fatal injuries when he fell to the floor on the employer’s premises while in the course of *159his employment. Claimant filed a fatal claim petition under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act)1 and was…