Township of Haverford v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

The Township of Haverford (Employer) petitions for review of the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that granted the fetal claim peti tion of Rose C. Angstadt (Claimant), which asserted that her husband, Charles R. Angstadt (Decedent),, died of a myocardial infarction precipitated by stressful demands made upon Decedent by his Employer. We affirm.

Decedent died on October 17, 1983, at the age of 53. For the last 27 years of his life, Decedent was employed as a police officer for the Haverford Police Department. During the last six years of…