Blackburn v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and its insurance carrier, the defendants-appellants, appealed from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County reversing the Workmen’s Compensation Board and directing judgment to be entered in favor of Lottie Blackburn, the claimant-appellee, and against the appellants, for compensation benefits.

The claimant’s husband, David Blackburn, died on April 21,1960. He died as a result of extreme exposure to calcium chloride on January 14, 1960. This exposure occurred when the decedent was…