Estate of Brinsko v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

This suit was brought in the Middlesex Common Pleas under the Workmen’s Compensation act (Pamph. L. 1911, p. 134, amended Pamph. L. 1913, p. 302), for compensation to the dependent widow and children of John Brinsko, deceased, who met his-death by being run over by a car of the defendant companjf, of which company he was an employe.

After hearing and argument the trial judge found that deceased, while in the “course of his employment” with the defendant company, was run over by one of its cars and killed.

One of the defences interposed was, that at the time decedent met his death he was…