Kurtz v. Erie

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,

The instant controversy requires an interpretation of an Act of the General Assembly commonly called the “Heart and Lung Act”.

For approximately thirty-two years, decedent was employed as a salaried fireman by the City of Erie. For some time prior to February 11, 1952, decedent suffered from hypertension with a resultant high blood pressure. Early on the morning of February 11, 1952, a fire occurred at the Calabrese Club in Erie and decedent, acting in the performance of his duties, attended this fire where, after having coupled a fire hose, he collapsed…