Parks v. Miller Printing MacHine Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

James E. Parks, the husband of appellant, died in the West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., on April 13, 1936, from a combination of pleurisy, bronchial pneumonia, and staphylococcic blood stream infection. Asserting that his death resulted from an “accident,” within the meaning of Section 301 of our Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, 77 PS § 411, suffered in the course of his employment with the Miller Printing Machine Company, his widow filed her claim for compensation. The employer and its insurance carrier answered that the deceased employee had…