Royesky v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge DiSalle,

This case comes before this Court upon a petition for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board). The order affirms a referee’s dismissal of a fatal claim petition filed by Italia E. Royesky (Petitioner) for the death of her husband. We affirm.

Petitioner’s husband, Victor M. Royesky, was employed by the Uniontown Construction Company for 16 years. On October 16, 1972, while bending down to pick up concrete blocks, the deceased suffered a hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage. He was taken immediately to the Uniontown Hospital and received…