Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (Employer) brings this appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed the referee’s award of benefits to Betty Jane Fisher (Claimant) as a result of the death of her husband, Somerton Fisher (Decedent).1

Decedent died on July 22, 1975, as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It appears that Decedent had worked for Employer for more than eighteen (18) years. At the time of his death, he was the shipping control clerk with the responsibility of *482preparing documents to accompany materials…