Legal Opinion
Berskis v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 6, 1922No. Appeal, No. 2PublishedCited by 15 opinions
Appeal, No. 2, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Jan. T., 1921, No. 291, affirming order of Workmen’s Compensation Board sustaining award of referee, in case of William Berskis v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Appeal from order of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Berger, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Order affirmed. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaeeer,
The Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915 (P. L. 736) provides, section 306:
*245“The following schedule of compensation is hereby established for injuries resulting in total disability:
“(a) For the first five hundred weeks......fifty per centum of the wages of the injured employee......Nothing in this clause shall require the payment of compensation after disability shall cease.......
“(b) For disability partial in character (except the particular cases mentioned in clause (c), fifty per centum of the difference between the wages of the injured employee......and the…
2Cited by15 opinions
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- Massett v. Armerford Coal Mining Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Ludington v. Russell Coal Mining Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
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