Bobbouine v. Rex Shoe Co.

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the Referee, affirmed by the Board, made an award for total disability. Upon appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, the decision of the Board was affirmed, and judgment was entered in favor of the claimant. The employer and its insurance carrier have appealed.

On February 26, 1958, Mrs. Mary Bobbouine, the claimant, was employed as a stitcher by the Rex Shoe Company. While walking across the employer’s parking lot on her way to work, claimant’s foot “went down in a hole covered with ice and snow”, and she fell…