Rocco v. Ellsworth Collieries Co.

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

A. statement of the facts will show that the question involved in this compensation case is the same as that which we. considered in McFadden v. Lehigh Navigation Coal Company, 111 Pa. Superior Ct. 501, in which case we have handed down an opinion this day. Was the death of Charles Rocco caused by an “accident” as that term is used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915 (77 PS 1) ?

Charles Rocco, then 53 years of age, was at work on the morning of October ' 27, 1931, with his son, Anthony Rocco, in a room in the defendant’s mine. After spending about twenty-five minutes…