Bock v. Reading

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The question involved in this appeal is whether there is sufficient evidence on the record to sustain a finding of the workmen’s compensation board that the husband of the claimant was killed in the course of his employment with the city of Beading. The referee and board found for the claimant and the action of the board was affirmed by common pleas.

Salem J. E. Bock was, for a number of years, employed by the city of Reading as foreman of its garbage disposal plant. On February 9, 1933, between 6:30 and 7:00 P. M., he was found seriously injured in an automobile belonging…