Whitecavage v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Opinion by

Baldeige, J.,

The question involved in this compensation case is whether the employee’s death was the result of an accident within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The referee found that there was no causal relation between his death and his work, and dismissed the petition. The board reversed, and awarded compensation. The court of common pleas sustained an appeal, and ordered judgment to be entered for defendant.

The relevant facts are as follows:

The decedent, a man 44 years of age, apparently in good health, went to work at 2:30 p. m., on April 19, 1933. He suffered a…