Micale v. Light & State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The referee and the Workmen’s Compensation Board found that the death of claimant’s husband, who was a coal miner working for A. L. Light, the defendant, was not caused by an accidental injury happening to him in the course of his employment, and that no violence to the physical structure of the deceased employee had been shown such as would entitle the claimant to compensation. On appeal the court of common pleas of Jefferson County reversed the board and entered judgment for the claimant.

Our Supreme Court has ruled that, “To be au accident, within the workmen’s…