Yanik v. Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp.

Rhodes, J.,

Opinion by

Claimant, a coal miner, while in the course of his employment with defendant employer, sustained severe injuries on April 14, 1932, when the mine car in which he was riding was derailed. The injuries which he sustained required the amputation of the right leg below the knee. The parties entered into an agreement for the payment of compensation for 215 weeks for the loss of the right leg. Section 306 (c) of the Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended by the Act of April 13, 1927, P. L. 186, §1, 77 PS §513. The accident and the injury were described in the agreement as…