Apker v. Crown Can Co.

Concurring Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

November 13, 1942:

I concur in the conclusion that under the facts of this case the board correctly held there was no evidence of 'an “accident” within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. It is also true that the presence of pain does not in and of itself show an injury by accident at the time the pain is felt.

I do not agree, however, with the unqualified statement that specific earlier cases in this court, such as Betts v. American Stores Co. et al., 105 Pa. Superior Ct. 452, 161 A. 589, Cowell v. F. W. Woolworth Co., 119 Pa. Superior Ct. 185, 180 A.…