Bechtel Power Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

SILVESTRI, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal by employer, Bechtel Power Company (Bechtel), from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) awarding fatal claim benefits to Carolyn G. Postlethwait (Claimant), widow of David Lee Postlethwait (Decedent).

At the time of his death, Decedent was working for Bechtel as a supervising plumber and pipefitter at a construction site in Limerick, Pennsylvania. He was killed when he was involved in an automobile accident while returning home from his job site. Claimant, thereafter, filed a petition for fatal claim benefits.

The evidence as to…