Zukowsky v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C., P. Schuylkill Co., July T., 1917, No. 67, and Sept. T., 1919, No. 282, •affirming • decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, awarding compensation, in case of Emily Zukowsky y. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. Appeal from' decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Berger, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 10, Jan. T., 1921, by defendant, from judgment of C., P. Schuylkill Co., July T., 1917, No. 67, and Sept. T., 1919, No. 282, •affirming • decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, awarding compensation, in case of Emily Zukowsky y. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. Appeal from' decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Berger, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court sustained the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board: See 48 Pa. C. C. R. 524; 16 Schuylkill L. R. 138. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, was above decree,…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
Defendant appeals from an award in plaintiff’s favor by the Workmen’s Compensation Board and affirmed by the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County. On August 7, 1919, the husband of plaintiff, while engaged at defendant’s colliery in loading coal, complained of receiving injury, from which he died three days later. Plaintiff’s contention is that her husband’s injury was the result of a sprain, received while at work, which ruptured a blood vessel of the stomach. The compensation board, accepting this theory of the death, awarded compensation, and the common pleas affirmed the…
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