Bender v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish,

Mary Ann Bender (Bender) appeals a Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board order affirming a referee’s denial of fatal claim benefits. The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania cross-appeals to preserve its objection to a claimed error of law. We affirm.

On April 2, 1974, Wallace L. Bender (decedent), a Bell employee, allegedly incurred a work-related injury and subsequently entered into • a Notice of Compensation Payable with Bell for total disability which began in August, 1974.1 On March 17, 1977, Mr. Bender died and his widow filed a fatal claim petition…