McFadden v. Lehigh Navigation Coal Co.

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

Anna McFadden, widow, claims compensation from defendant for the death of her husband. The main question involved is whether decedent’s death was caused by an “accident” as that term is used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1915 (77 PS 1), and an answer thereto is decisive of the controversy.

John McFadden, an employee of defendant, Lehigh Navigation Coal Company, died on the afternoon of November 17,1931, aged about 59 years. On that day, when decedent and his buddy arrived at their place of employment about 7 a. m., they each obtained a stick of timber. The buddy…