Widow Awarded Benefits for Husband's Fatal Heart Attack

The Commonwealth Court overturned a decision by the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board denying benefits to a widow who claimed her husband was literally worked to death. Case: Dietz v. WCAB (Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority), No. 2051 C.D. 2014, 08/14/2015, unpublished. Facts: Robert Dietz worked as a field maintenance worker for the Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority for over 20 years. His job involved heavy labor, jackhammering roads, repairing water main breaks and cutting tree roots out of the sewer system. After working a 14-hour day in November 2007, Dietz co...