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Erie Bolt Corporation v. Workers' Compensation Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District
Jun 22, 2000
562 Pa. 175 (Pa. 2000)
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reversing based on Davis a grant of benefits where fatal heart attack was attributed solely to stress at work and the shock of termination

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Opinion

June 22, 2000.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from Order of the Commonwealth Court, No. 137 W.D. Alloc. Dkt. 1998.

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 22nd day of June, 2000, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The order of the Commonwealth Court is reversed based upon the decision in Davis v. Worker's Compensation Appeal Board (Borough of Swarthmore), No. 118 M.D. Appeal Docket, 1997 (slip opinion filed May 18, 2000).

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Erie Bolt Corporation v. Workers' Compensation Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District
Jun 22, 2000
562 Pa. 175 (Pa. 2000)

reversing based on Davis a grant of benefits where fatal heart attack was attributed solely to stress at work and the shock of termination

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In Erie Bolt, the claimant filed a fatal claim petition alleging her husband suffered a fatal heart attack after being discharged from employment.

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Erie Bolt Corporation v. Workers' Compensation Appeal

Case Details

Full title:ERIE BOLT CORPORATION ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP, Petitioners v. WORKERS…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District

Date published: Jun 22, 2000

Citations

562 Pa. 175 (Pa. 2000)
753 A.2d 1289

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