Marshall v. Pittsburgh

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case, the widow of George H. Marshall secured an award for the death of her husband before referee and board and, on appeal to a court of common pleas, a judgment was entered for claimant. From that judgment an appeal was taken to this court by defendant.

Marshall, while in the course of his employment with the City of Pittsburgh on June 29, 1932, was thrown by the tipping of a plank, causing a sprain of his right knee. He was incapacitated and required the attention of a physician who advised him to bandage the knee. On July 11, 1932,…