Legal Opinion
Zubik v. Bethlehem Steel Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 22, 1940No. Appeal, 99PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rhodes, J.,
This is a workmen’s compensation case. The claimant is the widow of Robert Zubik, who was accidentally killed in the course of his employment with defendant company. The only question presented is one of jurisdiction — whether the fatal accident so happened as to bring it within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, or whether the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act of June 4, 1937, P. L. 1552, which reenacted and amended the title and act approved the second day of June, 1915, P. L. 736, 77 PS §1 et seq.) applies.
The claim for compensation was allowed by the referee, whose…
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