Downing v. Leechburg Mining Co.

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal in a workmen’s compensation case from the action of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, in reversing the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board and entering judgment in favor of Peter Downing, the claimant-appellee, and against the appellants, the employer, Leechburg Mining Company and its insurer, the Old Republic Insurance Company.

The claimant, Peter Downing, 58 years of age, was injured in an accident, while in the course of his employment as a coal cutter for the Leechburg Mining Company on September 12, 1955. He caught his right…