Santillo v. Pittsburgh Railways Co.

Opinion by

Carr, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the employer, Pittsburgh Railways Company, appeals from an Order of the County Court of Allegheny County affirming the findings of fact, conclusions of law and order of award of the compensation authorities in favor of the claimant.

On October 13, 1953 at about two o’clock in the afternoon George Santillo and a helper were on the elevated platform of a tower truck repairing overhead trolley lines on Forbes Street in the City of Pittsburgh when the truck was struek by a streetcar. A third em*268ployee was in the cab of the track.…