Baffi v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.

Opinion by

Trexler, J.,

Frank Baffi, whilst he was in the employ of the de fendant company, by a premature explosion, lost both eyes. At the same time, he received serious and permanent disfigurement of the head, and face. By an agreement entered into by him and his employer, he received $5,000, that being the maximum amount payable for total disability under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. He now asks that in addition to said sum, he receive compensation for the disfigurement.

The Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915, P. L. 757, in Section 306, provides a schedule of compensation. Clause (a),…