Swiderski v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

On February 15, 1932, Stephen Swiderski, husband of the claimant in this compensation case, died in the course of his employment as a laborer in one of the mines of Glen Alden Coal Company. No claim for compensation seems to have been made until September 3,1932, when his widow filed her petition for compensation upon the ground that her husband’s death had resulted from violence to the physical structure of his body, accidentally suffered in the course of his employment. The employer answered that his death had not been caused by any “accident,” within the meaning of…