Kransky v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

This appeal is from an order of the Superior Court affirming an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County which, in turn, had affirmed an award of compensation to the minor claimant, Joan Edith Coates, for the death of John Kransky, an employee of the defendant company, who was killed in the course of his employment. The sole question involved is whether the findings made by the referee, which the Compensation Board confirmed and adopted, warranted a conclusion of law that Kransky stood in loco parentis to the minor claimant.

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