Cesare v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Ann Cesare (claimant), the widow of Carlo J. Cesare (decedent), has filed a petition for review of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (board) affirming a referee’s order dismissing her fatal claim petition in which she alleged that her husband’s death from heart failure during a catheterization procedure was the result of the effect of work-related stress.

The claimant testified twice before the referee. On the first occasion, she testified that her husband, who had been a sales manager for a coal company in or near -Scranton, had been conscientious…