Whittle v. National Aniline & Chemical Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 10, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1918, No. 2086, affirming a decision of tbe Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Emma Whittle v. National Aniline & Chemical Co. and The Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, Insurance Carrier. Appeal from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Wessel, J. The court overruled exceptions to the decision of the board, and dismissed the appeal. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal, No. 10, Jan. T., 1920, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1918, No. 2086, affirming a decision of tbe Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Emma Whittle v. National Aniline & Chemical Co. and The Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, Insurance Carrier. Appeal from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Wessel, J. The court overruled exceptions to the decision of the board, and dismissed the appeal. Defendants appealed. Error assigned was dismissal of the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Defendant, the National Aniline '& Chemical Company, appeals from a decree dismissing exceptions to an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in favor of the widow and child of a deceased employee of appellant company, made on the ground that death was the result of an injury, occurring during the course of his employment, which aggravated an existing disease and hastened death.
On November 12, 1917, a still in appellant’s plant exploded violently carrying deceased, who was nearest at the time, a distance of thirty feet. The only apparent physical injury…
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