Fedorko v. Pennsylvania Electric Co.

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case, the board affirmed the referee’s order of disallowance of compensation, the lower court dismissed claimant’s appeal, and the claimant has appealed to this court.

The facts in the case are not in dispute. The defendant owns and operates a power plant and a coal mine incident thereto on the westerly bank of the Conemaugb River across the river from the borough of Seward. Westmoreland County. The claimant, Frank Fedorko, who resides in Seward, is employed in defendant’s mine. On the morning of March 22, 1944, while on his way to work, the…