Landis v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Connie L. Landis (Claimant) appeals a determination by our Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board that her late husband’s employer, Zimmerman Motors, Inc., is not liable for the payment of her attorney fees, contending that Zimmerman’s petition for review of compensation agreement was unreasonable.

We affirm.

The pertinent facts follow: Claimant, the widow of Johnathan Landis who was killed in January, 1973, in a vehicular accident during the course of his employment, filed a fatal claim petition which resulted in a compensation agreement whereby she received weekly…