Legal Opinion

Vaughn v. McFadden

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County

Decided March 23, 1939No. 962PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Oliver, P. J.,

The action of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in setting aside the referee’s award of compensation, from which this appeal is taken, presents only one question for our consideration. All the referee’s findings of fact were sustained. The decision of the board rested solely on its determination that claimant’s employment with defendant had amounted to “domestic service” within the meaning of section 304 of The Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2,1915, P. L. *308736, as amended by the Act of June 4, 1937, P. L. 1552, which excepts from the term “employe,” for purposes of The…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Carville v. A. F. Bornot & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Van Leer v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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