McGrath v. Herzog

Opinion by

James, J.,

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the testimony established a causal connection between the accident and the death of the claimant’s husband. The referee and the board found for the claimant, but on appeal the court of common pleas sustained the exceptions and entered judgment for the defendant, from which the claimant has appealed.

On June 13, 1933 Anderson McGrath, claimant’s husband, whose regular employment was mixing concrete, was helping another employee to lift large curbstones over his head into a large truck. While so engaged, he suffered an…