Troxell v. Shirk

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

This appeal is by an employer and its insurance carrier from a judgment of the court below entered upon an award of compensation to the claimant, under the provisions of Section 306(c) of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as finally amended April 13, 1927, P. L. 186, 77 PS §513, at the rate of $8.66 per week for the definite period of 125 weeks for the permanent loss of the use of her left eye.

Claimant was employed as a chambermaid at Hotel Hamilton and averred in her petition that on October 26, 1935, her left eye became sore from what was…