Plankinton v. Schurr

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The claimant, a carpenter, was injured when he fell from a ladder in the house of the defendants, then in the course of construction. The referee denied compensation, under §104 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act as amended June 21, 1939, P. L. 520, 77 PS §22, on the ground that claimant’s employment was casual and not in the regular course of the business of the defendant Raymond C. Schurr. The board reversed and on the finding that claimant was an employe of the defendants, awarded compensation. The lower court affirmed, on its conclusion that the claimant’s employment was…