Scott v. United States Steel Corp.

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the County Court of Allegheny County affirming the denial of benefits by the Workmen’s Compensation Board in an occupational disease case. Mrs. Thelma Scott, a widow, brought the claim for occupational disease benefits alleging that her husband, William Scott, who was an employee of the United States Steel Corporation, died as a result of lung cancer, with metastasis to the skull, as the result of his employment.

The Referee disallowed the claim in that there was no causal connection and the Workmen’s Compensation Board affirmed the…