Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Sullivan

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal by Jean R. Sullivan from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, dated October 17, 1974, which affirmed a referee’s denial of benefits to Sullivan. The only issue is whether the referee’s finding that appellant’s husband, Lawrence Sullivan, intentionally killed himself was reached through a capricious disregard of competent evidence. We conclude that it was not and affirm the Board.

Lawrence Sullivan had a history of problem drinking and attendant violence, which resulted in the loss of his job in 1966. After securing a new job with the…