Bley v. Com., Dept. of Labor & Industry

484 Pa. 365 (1979)

399 A.2d 119

Catherine M. BLEY, Widow of Walter Leroy Bley, Deceased, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued January 8, 1979.

Decided March 16, 1979.

Richard C. Tinucci, Media, Cronin, Emuryan & Roger D. Michael Emuryan, Folsom, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Krober, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

On April 22, 1971, appellant's husband, a voluntary fireman in the Collingdale Fire Company for over twelve years,…