Pelusi v. Mandes

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

This appeal is by Joseph Mandes and Sons, contracting masons, and their insurance carrier, from a judgment entered by the court below upon an award of compensation to the dependent widow and daughter of an employe, Louis Pelusi, for his sudden death on November 14, 1929.

Admittedly, Pelusi’s death occurred while he was in the course of his employment, but the pivotal question, under the assignments, is whether it was caused by “an accident,” within the meaning of Section 301 of Article III of our Workmen’s Compensation Law of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, or was the natural…