Legal Opinion

Scull v. Blosinski

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County

Decided September 25, 1941No. 296Published

1Opinion of the Court

MacDade, J.,

The matter we are considering is an appeal by claimant, Paul S. Scull, from a decision of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Board.

From the record it is disclosed that claimant was a garbage collector in the employ of defendant. He had with him on the day of the accident, August 7, 1939 (when a hernia developed), a person engaged by this defendant as a helper to claimant and whose employment was to drive the truck.

It seems that early on the morning on the day of the accident claimant attempted to lift a garbage receptacle weighing between 75 and 80 pounds. The receptacle was…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Palermo v. North East Preserving Works, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  2. O'Brien v. Wise Upson Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
  3. Borodaeff v. Province Line Dairy, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1932
  4. Ritter v. Preferred Masonic Mutual Accident Ass'n of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
  5. Frank A. McBride Co. v. KuehnSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1933

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