McGaw v. Bloomsburg

Opinion by

Montgomery, J.,

The claimant-appellee in this appeal, Beverly T. McGaw, is the widow of Alfred H. McGaw, deceased. She seeks workmen’s compensation benefits for herself and her five minor children on account of the death of her husband while in the course of his employment as a policeman with the defendant-appellant, the Town of Bloomsburg.

The referee sustained the claim petition; but on appeal the Board denied it for the reason that the decedent did not suffer an “accident” Avithin the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. On further appeal to the lower court Honorable C. W.…