Samoskie v. Philadelphia & Reading C. & I. Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Plaintiff’s husband was employed as a loader of cars inside defendant’s coal mine. On March 23, 1920, he and two fellow workmen were directed to move forward for a short distance a partially loaded mine car that interfered with laborers engaged in removing debris from the tracks. Within a short time after pushing the car, variously estimated at from four to fifteen minutes, plaintiff’s husband complained of a pain in his head and immediately fell forward in a semi-conscious condition. He died the same day, the cause of death being diagnosed as apoplexy or cerebral…