Schuey v. Kittanning Borough
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 186, April T., 1918, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1918, No. 61, reversing decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Joseph Schuey v. Kittanning Borough. Appeal from judgment of common pleas reversing award under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Before Kino, P. J. The referee found the claimant’s injury was due to disease and refused an award. On appeal to the workmen’s compensation board this decision was affirmed.
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Appeal, No. 186, April T., 1918, from judgment of C. P. Armstrong Co., Sept. T., 1918, No. 61, reversing decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Joseph Schuey v. Kittanning Borough. Appeal from judgment of common pleas reversing award under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Before Kino, P. J. The referee found the claimant’s injury was due to disease and refused an award. On appeal to the workmen’s compensation board this decision was affirmed. The claimant then appealed to the court of common pleas which reversed the ruling of the workmen’s compensation board and awarded the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
This is an appeal from a judgment of the court of common pleas which reversed a decision of the workmen’s compensation board, approving a disallowance of compensation by a referee.
Plaintiff, the claimant, filed a petition for compensation, November 22, 1916, averring inter alia, that on June 28,1916, he was employed by defendant as a laborer, digging a sewer ditch; some dirt struck him in the right eye, causing total blindness in one eye and partial blindness in the other.
An answer was filed, denying the material.averments of the petition, signed “Kittanning Borough By…
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