Roth v. Locust Mountain State Hospital

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

The question before us in this workmen’s compensation case is whether the death of claimant’s husband was the result of an accidental injury, as contemplated by section 301 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2,1915, P. L. 736 (77 PS §411). The referee found that it was, and the board affirmed his action. Upon appeal, the court sustained the defendant’s exceptions, and disallowed compensation.

The claimant’s husband, Dr. James P. Roth, surgeon-in-chief of the Locust Mountain State Hospital, at Shenandoah, died February 28, 1933, of influenza pneumonia and attending…