Span v. Accident & Guarantee Corp.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Linn, J.,
This controversy is between an insurance company and a workman to whom the insurer stood as employer pursuant to the workmen’s compensation act and supplements. The workman, Span, was employed as a blacksmith’s helper by Baizley Iron Works, engaged in repairing the steamship Bald Hill berthed alongside Pier 98 South, Delaware River, Philadelphia. While painting angle irons in the ship, sparks from the torch of another workman flew into Span’s eyes and injured them. He claimed under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915, P. L. 736, and received an award; it was affirmed by…
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