Samuel J. Lansberry, Inc. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

NARICK, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal by Samuel J. Lansberry, Inc. (Employer) from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming the referee’s grant of the fatal claim petition of Fay E. Switzer (Claimant), widow of Orval E. Switzer (Decedent). An understanding of the procedural history of this case is critical.

Claimant filed a fatal claim petition on November 30, 1984, alleging that her husband, Orval E. Switzer, died on December 27,1983, as a result of injuries sustained in a single vehicle motor accident while he was hauling a load of coke under the terms of a…