Reading Anthracite Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Felegi)

McGINLEY, Judge.

Reading Anthracite Company (Employer) seeks review of the order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s decision that granted Mary Fele-gi’s (Claimant) fatal claim petition.

Michael Felegi (Decedent), Claimant’s husband, had worked for Employer as a coal miner. Pursuant to a WCJ’s decision dated May 13, 1980, Decedent received workers’ compensation benefits of $176.75 per week after he contracted anthrasilico-sis working as a coal miner in the anthracite mining industry of Pennsylvania. Decedent died April 24, 1997. The…