Brown v. Ross Motor Lines

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

William Thomas Brown, while driving a truck in the course of his employment with defendant, was killed on March 9, 1952 in a collision with another truck. His mother, asserting dependency upon him for support, filed her claim petition for compensation from the defendant. The Board, on appeal from an order of disallowance by the Referee, found that “The defendant-employer’s place of business was in Pennsylvania and claimant was a Pennsylvania employee.” The Board made this additional finding: “The decedent’s employment required him to make a temporary trip outside of…