Heinold v. Pittsburgh Brass Mfg. Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Andrew Hein old, claimant’s husband, died suddenly on July 20, 1936, while in the course of his employment as a molder in the foundry room of the defendant brass manufacturing company. Contending that this employee’s death was caused by “heat exhaustion” — an unusual, extraordinary and not to be expected pathological result of exposing himself to the atmospheric conditions then prevailing in his working place — his widow sought compensation for herself and three children, under the age of sixteen, upon the theory that the death was “accidental” within the intendment…