Balaban v. Severe

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the claimant, on May 5, 1941, filed a claim petition seeking compensation for herself and minor daughter for the death of her husband on December 5, 1940, while in the course of his employment. The decedent, David Balaban, worked as a “bench man”. His only duty was to mold dough into rolls and loaves of bread.

On the morning of December 5, 1940, the decedent, having reported for work, proceeded to lift a 98-pound bag of flour to the mixing vat. While he was making the five-foot lift necessary for emptying the sack of flour into the mixing…