U.S. Steel Mining Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

U.S. Steel Mining Company, L.L.C., (Employer) petitions for review of the March 24, 2004, order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) denying Employer’s petition for reconsideration of the WCAB’s August 28, 2000, order that affirmed the workers’ compensation judge’s (WCJ) grant of fatal claim benefits to Julia Goretsky (Claimant). We affirm.

Walter Goretsky (Decedent) worked for Employer as a coal miner for approximately forty-eight years, until, at age sixty-two, Decedent stopped working due to problems with breathing, coughing and fatigue. By decision…