Castor v. RUFFING

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case, the employer and his insurance carrier have appealed from a judgment entered on an award of compensation in favor of the widow and children of Elmer Castor, who died while performing work for his employer.

Castor was employed by the defendant, Frank J. Ruffing, as a plumber. On June 20, 1952 he was engaged in installing a hot water heater in the boiler room in the Regent Square School in Pittsburgh. It was a hot day, the temperature varying from 79 degrees at 4 a.m. to a maximum of 99 degrees at 2 p.m. The evidence with respect to the…