Jarvis v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

This appeal by Laura E. Jarvis (Claimant), widow of Enos J. Jarvis, presents the narrow issue of whether the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) erred when it reversed the referee who had held Phoenix Assurance Company of New York (Phoenix) liable for payment of benefits to the Claimant notwithstanding the fact that the employer’s insurance policy with Phoenix expired four days prior to the Claimant’s husband’s fatal accident for which the Board awarded benefits.

For seven years prior to the accident, the employer had obtained its workmen’s compensation…