Ray-O-Vac Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

This is an appeal from an award of compensation by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board. The referee had denied compensation, finding that the claimant-appellee had failed to prove an accident. The referee found that at the time of the alleged accident, claimant-appellee was doing her usual and customary work, and that prior to that time, she suffered from obesity, hypertension, diabetes and arteriosclerosis, which conditions predisposed her to the development of thrombosis. Finally, the referee found that there was no causal relationship between the work she…