Funk v. Buckley Co., Inc.

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

This appeal presents a new and interesting question involving subrogation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The case comes here upon the employer’s and his insurance carrier’s appeal from the judgment of the court below affirming the decision of the board which dismissed appellants’ petition to terminate a compensation agreement between the employe’s widow and appellants.

A fairly complete statement of the stipulated facts will conduce to a better understanding of the legal issues involved in the appeal. Michael Funk died on May 7, 1942, as a result of injuries sustained…