Blouss v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 28, March T., 1919, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1918, No. 736, sustaining order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of John Blouss v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Newcomb, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The court affirmed the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 28, March T., 1919, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Jan. T., 1918, No. 736, sustaining order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of John Blouss v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company. Appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Newcomb, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The court affirmed the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kellek, J.,
The referee found that the appellant was in the employ of the defendant company and furthering its business on May 4, 1917, when he sustained the injury by accident, resulting in total disability, for which the claim in suit was made. The defendant appealed to the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which, without a hearing de novo, reversed the action of the referee, found that the claimant was not engaged in the furtherance of the business of the employer at the time the injuries were sustained and dismissed the claim. On appeal to the court of common pleas, this action of…
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