Legal Opinion

Carnachione v. HOTEL WILLIAM PENN.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 11, 1957No. Appeal, 60PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the claimant alleged infection in both eyes, causing blindness, due to the splashing of dishwater containing harmful chemicals into her eyes while employed as a dishwasher in the defendant hotel. The referee made an award in her favor. On appeal the board reversed and remanded for the purpose, inter alia, of hearing the evidence of an impartial opthalmologist. The defendant appealed from the order to the Allegheny County Court. The county court dismissed the appeal and the defendant then appealed to this Court and on October…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Landis v. General Motors Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Barton v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Palady v. Reliance Steel Products Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  4. Marotto v. George D. Ellis & Sons, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Karasciewicz v. Crown Can Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  2. Frey v. Lehigh Engineering Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1963

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