Snizaski v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

*140OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

Renee Snizaski (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a grant of counsel fees and a penalty award from the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ).

Claimant is the widow of Randy Snizaski (Decedent). Decedent was employed as a coal mine superintendent for Rox Coal Company (Employer), and on the morning of May 7, 1996, he died in a one-car motor vehicle accident on his way to work. Claimant filed a fatal claim petition alleging that the death of her husband was a compensable event under the Workers’ Compensation Act…