Thompson v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Elizabeth Thompson (claimant) seeks reversal of the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which denied her compensation for the death of her husband, Lamar Thompson. She alleges two errors: 1) that the referee and the Board incorrectly found that there was no unequivocal medical testimony that her husband died as a result of his occupational disease and, 2) that she has met her burden of proof in establishing dependence upon the decedent by substantial competent evidence.

The claimant contends that her husband’s death was the result of anthracosilicosis…