Bill Mattern Paving v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Robert L. Battrell was killed on June 17, 1974 when he was hit by a car during the course of his employment with Bill Mattern Paving. His mother, Anna Battrell, in whose home he lived at the time of his death, filed a fatal claim petition pursuant to Section 307(5) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. §561(5). After a hearing, a referee found that Robert L. Battrell had died as a result of an accident which occurred during the course of his employment and that Anna Battrell had been partially dependent upon her son at the…