Lewis v. Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corp.

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the claimant is seeking compensation for the death of her husband which occurred as the result of injuries suffered by him while riding on a motor in a mine of the defendant company. The question involved is whether the injury occurred by an accident in the course of his employment.

Joseph L. Lewis, who was employed as an assistant mine foreman by the defendant in one of its mines, was injured on August 7, 1931, and as a result died three days later. August 7 was what is known- as an idle day, or one in which the men did not…