Legal Opinion

Bednar v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 14, 1960No. Appeal, No. 78PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Rhodes, P. J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case arising out of the death of claimant’s husband. Claimant alleged that her husband’s death from either cancer of the colon or the bleeding of a duodenal ulcer was the re-*12suit of an accidental injury sustained in tlie course of his employment as a fitter for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation at East Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. The referee awarded claimant compensation. The Workmen’s Compensation Board reversed the referee and found no causal connection between the death of the deceased and the accident suffered in the course of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Cairgle v. AMERICAN R. AND SS CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Cairgle v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Washko v. Ruckno, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Bannon v. PittsburghSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
  5. Boyle v. BoyleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. DeMascola v. LancasterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Czankner v. Sky Top Lodge, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Whitehead v. Casey Building Wreckers, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Gayer v. Quaker Hair Goods Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. Collins v. United States Steel Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972

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