Lees v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This workmen’s compensation death claim naturally excites one’s sympathy, but it is subject to the condition uniformly imposed in all such claims, viz, that compensation is payable only if the death of the employee accidentally occurred in the course of his employment.

By virtue of the provisions of the Act of June 4, 1937, P. L. 1552, claimant’s husband, Albert E. Lees, must be regarded as a limited or provisional employee ,of the Borough of Ferndale on October 12, 1938, the day of the fatal accident. He was a member of the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Company, and by…