Wilkinson v. United Parcel Service of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Judgment was entered in the court below against defendant and its insurance carrier on an award in favor of claimant, the widow of deceased employee, and his minor grandchildren. Defendant and its insurance carrier have appealed.

Claimant is the widow of Harry Wilkinson who died on August 10,1939. For thirty-three years he had driven a delivery truck for Wanamaker’s, Philadelphia, in the neighborhood of Roxborough. When this service was discontinued he became a driver for defendant, which had taken over the delivery service for a number of department stores, and he was…