Turek v. Damalak

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The lower court entered judgment on an award of compensation made by the referee and affirmed by the board.

The facts as found by the referee appear in his fourth finding as follows: “That on August 28th, 1944 the claimant, who was employed by the defendant part time as a tailor, was using a heavy sewing machine when the belt slipped off and it was necessary to pull the ma chine from the wall in order to place the belt back on the treadle; the claimant gave the machine a jerk to pull it out from the wall and, when he did so, sustained sharp pain in his back.” Claimant’s…