Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board v. Montrose

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Winifred Montrose, a Workmen’s Compensation claimant, here appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) reversing a referee’s decision to grant her petition for the commutation of weekly partial dependency payments.

In August of 1971, appellant’s eighteen year old son, who had been living with her and contributing to her support, was killed in a work-related accident. The appellant filed a fatal claim petition and, after a referee’s hearing in June, 1972, was awarded $25.00 per week as partial dependency benefits and $750.00 for burial…