Legal Opinion
Stiner v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 1, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIEDMAN, Judge.
Helen Stiner (Claimant), widow of Elmer J. Stiner (Decedent), appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming a referee’s1 dismissal of Claimant’s fatal claim petition. We affirm.
Decedent received benefits during his lifetime for disability due to coal-worker’s pneumoconiosis. Pursuant to section 305.1 of The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation *982Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 411.1,2 Decedent’s employer, Harmar Coal Company (Employer), bore seventy-five percent of the liability for Decedent’s disability and the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McCloskey v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Hebden v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- C. E. Williams Co. v. Henry B. Pancoast Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Hills Department Store 59 v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Musiolowski v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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- Rissi v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Taulton v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (USX Corp.)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Benjamin v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996