Nolder v. Serafini Construction Co.

Harvey, J.,

— Claimant was awarded compensation by the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which sustained his appeal from the referee’s order of disallowance thereof. Defendant, through its insurance carrier, has appealed from the action of the board.

The question raised by the exceptions is whether or not the hernia suffered by claimant, in the course of his employment by defendant, is compensable as an accidental injury, in the light of the essential proofs required by The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 520, sec. 1, adding paragraph (h) to article III, sec. 306, of…