Eberle v. Union Dental Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell,

Eberle applied for Workmen’s Compensation, averring that he “was leaving the premises of his employer at about 5:85 p.m. on June 17, 1952” and “slipped on a banana peel” and fractured his pelvis. He subsequently died, as did his widow, and the present claim is being made by his son and heir for Workmen’s Compensation for the period from the date of his injury, namely, June 17, 1952, until his death on September 12, 1955.

The pertinent facts are briefly as follows:

Eberle, a man then seventy years of age, was employed by Union Dental Instrument Manufacturing Company as…