Fitzpatrick v. Philadelphia Electric Co.

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

Appellant’s fatal claim petition was denied by the referee whose findings and conclusions were affirmed by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board. We must affirm.

Appellant’s decedent died on June 24, 1967, while working on a ladder installing a secondary electrical service to a new customer of the appellee. Appellant contends that the death was the result of a compensable accident in that the death was caused either by an electrical shock or by overexertion.

Inasmuch as the Board has affirmed the referee’s denial of the claim, Judge Blatt’s language in Page’s…