Legal Opinion
Serrano v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 12, 2014PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
In this appeal, Amanda Serrano (Claimant) petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) denial of her fatal claim petition seeking death benefits as a widow under Section 307(3) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Act).1 The WCJ determined Claimant failed to establish a valid common-law marriage to Bret Coo-ney (Decedent). Claimant asserted she celebrated a common-law marriage in 2003 in Wyoming, a state that does not recognize common-law marriage. In addition, *427Claimant and Decedent did…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Travers v. ReinhardtSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Roberts v. RobertsWyoming Supreme Court · 1943
- Staudenmayer v. StaudenmayerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- PPL v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Marazas v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Delaware · 2014
- Dougherty v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board: (QVC, Inc.)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Pa. Emps. Benefit Trust Fund v. Brown (In re Brown)United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2018
- P. Marazas v. WCAB (Vitas Healthcare Corp.)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014