Dopkin v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Per Curiam,

On August 25, 1927, plaintiff’s husband, Simon Dopkin, when fifty-four years of age, met with an accident while in the employ of defendant company, causing a hip injury, which resulted in arthritis, or “inflammation of the hip joint.” After treatment at his home, he was admitted to a hospital on October 20,1927, where he died of pneumonia on November 26, 1927. The death certificate stated that “arthritis” was a “contributory cause” to his demise. The surgeon-in-chief of the hospital in question, who attended Dopkin and who gave the death certificate, testified that there was…