Frederico Granero Co. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge DiSalle,

This petition for review, arising under The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act), Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §1 et seq., was first heard by a panel of Judges and subsequently *254reargued before the Court en Banc. It raises the issue of whether a dependent of a deceased employe may receive benefits to which that employe may have been entitled when no claim was filed during the employe’s lifetime.

The referee, with the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) affirming, made an award to the widow of Jorge A. Granero which included death…