Jankaitis v. Harleigh Brookwood Coal Co.

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

We are all of the opinion that the court below in this workmen’s compensation case correctly held that the claimant was not entitled to compensation for the death of her husband, notwithstanding the facts that the defendant employer had paid the deceased compensation for disability up to the time of his death under an award and the disability and cause of death had their origin in the same occurrence.

To get the precise question involved and avoid any misunderstanding of the effect of this decision it is necessary to make some reference to the facts. Stanley Jankaitis…