Young v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the referee made an award to claimants, parents of deceased, for partial dependency. This was sustained by the board and the court below. The insurance carrier has appealed to this court, and the only question which has been raised is whether deceased, a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, disregarded positive orders of his employer, and consequently was not in the course of his employment at the time of his accidental death. See Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, art. 3, §301, 77 PS §411.

Deceased was a private in Headquarters…