Toland v. Murphy Bros.

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

The employer and insurance carrier appealed from an order of the. court below sustaining the findings of *486the Workmen’s Compensation Board which awarded compensation to claimant for a total disability resulting from a heat stroke and $2,051.50 for nursing services.1

The basic question is whether the heat stroke which claimant admittedly suffered while at work on July 29, 1949, was an accident within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 520, §301 (c), as amended, 77 P.S. §411.

Claimant, aged 38, in robust health, except for a…