Bakunas v. Phila. & Reading C. & I. Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill County, Sept. T., 1920, No. 78, affirming award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Enock Bakunas v. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Koch, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court affirmed the award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 13, Oct. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill County, Sept. T., 1920, No. 78, affirming award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Enock Bakunas v. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Koch, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court affirmed the award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was the order of the court entering judgment for claimant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, P. J.,
The plaintiff was an employee of the defendant at one of its collieries, and while at work on January 13, 1919, as stated in the claim “While breaking rock with a sledge hammer, a piece of the rock flew in or struck his left eye, *177causing a cataract which resulted in a surgical operation in October, 1919, and has left the eye useless for work as a miner.” A hearing was had before a referee, who found that the injury resulted from an accident while the claimant was in the course of his employment, and resulted in the permanent loss of the use of the left eye, and that he…
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