Manuel v. N.L. Industries

*331OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from the Commonwealth Court, 50 Pa.Cmwlth. 279, 412 A.2d 912, decision affirming the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) dismissing appellant’s petition for widow’s benefits.1 The issue is whether appellant satisfied her statutory burden of proving that her husband’s death resulted from an occupational disease, as required under Section 301(c)(2) of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act.2 Consistent with our holding today in McCloskey v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, we affirm the order of the Commonwealth Court.

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