Connolly v. Penn Seaboard Steel Corporation

The finding discloses the following facts: The plaintiff in February, 1918, was in the employ of the defendant engaged in testing metals, and then suffered an injury by a blow upon his head, arising out of and in the course of his employment. He notified his employer of his injury on the night in question and satisfied the statutory requirement as to a notice forthwith. Shortly thereafter he was discharged by the defendant because of inability to do his accustomed work.

During the year following the day of the injury, the plaintiff was incapacitated for labor by reason of this injury, for a…