Young v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

*531OPINION BY

Judge LEADBETTER.

Arlene Young petitions for review of the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), which affirmed the denial of her husband’s pre-mortem claim petition and her fatal claim petition. Young asserts that the Board and the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) erred as a matter of law in failing to adjudge Zinc Corporation of America (ZCA) liable for benefits, where there exists no dispute that her husband, Charles Young, died from an asbestos-related cancer within 300 weeks of exposure while working for ZCA. We agree and, therefore, reverse.

Charles Young, a…