Waleski v. Susquehanna Collieries Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,.

Michaelena Waleski, the widow of Frank Waleski, alleging that the death. of her husband from pneumonia was the result of an accident in the course of his employment in one of the mines of Susquehanna Collieries Company, claimed compensation for herself and minor daughter.

The employer defended upon the ground that there had been no untoward event, fortuitous happening or mishap, aside from the usual course of events, in short, no “accident”, within the meaning of our Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The incident, relied upon by claimant as the cause of the injurious…