Mellen v. D.L. W.R.R. Co.

Argued October 29, 1942. Appeal by defendant from award of Workmen's Compensation Board.

Appeal dismissed and judgment entered for claimant, opinion by LEACH, P.J. Defendant appealed. Michael Mellen, an employee of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, had his head cut off on February 8, 1937, on his employer's right of way, by a railroad train operated on its tracks. His widow filed a claim on behalf of herself and her five children, all under sixteen years of age, for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Law of 1915, P.L. 736, and its amendments in force at the date…