Heinzl v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the referee made an award in favor of the plaintiff, the widow of Frank Heinzl. The ¡award was sustained by the Compensation ¡Board and by the County Court of Allegheny County.

Frank Heinzl was at the time ¡of his death on May 23, 1942, in the employ of the defendant and had been for more than a year prior thereto. On May 12, 1942, in the course of his employment, Heinzl, while descending a ladder, slipped ¡and fell backwards onto a metal floor, landing upon his elbows and buttocks. He resumed work but three quarters of an hour…