Parker v. WCC and Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

NEELY, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order entered by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed the Commissioner’s order rejecting appellant’s application for dependent’s benefits on the ground that she had failed to make a prima facie showing that her husband’s death was due to occupational pneumoconiosis or that occupational pneumoconiosis was a major contributing factor in his death.

On 1 May 1980 appellant, Sharon Parker, filed an application for dependent’s benefits alleging that her deceased husband’s death was due to occupational pneumoconi-osis. In support of her…