Harkins v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

Violet Harkins (Claimant), widow of William Harkins (Decedent), appeals a decision of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming a referees denial of benefits under her fetal claim petition. We affirm.

At the time of his death, Decedent worked in a supervisory capacity for Gulf Oil Corporation (Employer). At the hearings before the referee, Claimant and a co-worker of Decedent testified, over the objections of opposing counsel, that some two weeks before Decedents death, Decedent complained that he had experienced pains in his chest and shortness of…