Garrahan v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

The material question in this workmen’s compensation case now is the same as when it was here before (Garrahan v. Glen Alden Coal Co., 135 Pa. Superior Ct. 307, 5 A. 2d 437). That question is whether “deceased was traveling in the slope instead of the man-way, at the time he was injured, in violation of the positive orders of defendant, and consequently not in the course of his employment.” In the original proceeding the referee awarded compensation to claimant on behalf of herself and her minor child for the death of her husband, and the award was sustained by the…