Legal Opinion
Cubit v. Philadelphia
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 13, 1939No. Appeal, 367PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Cunningham, J.,
The City of Philadelphia is the employer in this workmen’s compensation case. It has appealed from a judgment entered against it in the court below upon an award of compensation to the widow and minor children of William Cubit for his death on May 30, 1937, from a bullet wound in his head, admittedly self-inflicted on the previous evening.
It is provided in Section 301 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, 77 PS §431, that “no compensation shall be made when the injury or death be intentionally self-inflicted, but the burden of proof of such…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Vorbnoff v. Mesta Machine Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Daniels v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Elonis v. Lytle Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Carville v. A. F. Bornot & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
- Johnson v. Valvoline Oil Co. (Et Al.)Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Globe Security Systems Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Kasman v. Hillman Coal & Coke Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Federal Rice Drug Company, a Corporation, in No. 19,540 v. Queen Insurance Company of America, a Corporation, in No. 19,541Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Blasczak v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Vadnal v. Krsul-Kutchel Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
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