Rouleau v. P. Hughes & Son

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Hughes, the employer in this workmen’s compensation case, was engaged in the business of moving pianos and Rouleau, the claimant, had been in his employ for more than five years. In his amended claim petition he set forth as the nature and cause of the injury for which he claimed compensation “hernia on the right side, caused by strain in delivering piano to 2632 Catherine Street, and aggravated by loading a piano on truck at Broad and Washington Avenue, Phila.” The employer and his insurance carrier defended upon the ground that claimant had not successfully rebutted…