Lewis v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Laura Lewis (Claimant) appeals from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the Referee’s decision to award death benefits to the Claimant for the death of her husband, Robert Lewis (Decedent). We reverse.

Decedent was employed by Bristol Pike Bowling Lanes (Employer) as a maintenance man. The Decedent’s duties included .the daily cleaning and buffing of all 36 bowling lanes, the unloading of cartons, the maintenance of the automatic pin setting machines and the drilling of bowling balls. On the morning of October 25, 1976, after having…