Heffer v. GAF Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This is an appeal by Catherine Heffer (Claimant) from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing the referee’s granting of compensation to Claimant due to the death of her husband (Decedent).

As found by the referee, Decedent died of a heart attack shortly after walking a minimum of 450 feet, in below freezing temperatures, across an outdoor gravel parking lot owned by his employer. After two hearings in which the referees found for Claimant, the Board, without taking additional evidence, reversed the referees’ decision holding that as…