Widdis v. Collingdale Millwork Co.

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

In this action claimant sought a compensation award for the death of her husband. Admittedly he committed suicide by shooting himself on November 9, 1947, and the defendant employer therefore was relieved of the burden (otherwise imposed by the Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 520, 77 PS §431, amending the Workmen’s Compensation Act) of showing that his death was intentionally self-inflicted. In the light of the admission, claimant, as a basis for an award, was obliged to prove that her husband suffered an accident in the course of his employment and that he “killed himself…