Carter Packet Co. v. Reinhardt

Citations

• 13 Tiess. 462

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. The term “accident arising out of and in the course of his employment” in Section 2 of Act 20 of 1914 (Employer’s Liability Act) must be read in connection with Section 28, declaring under what circumstances an employee is not entitled to compensation.</p> <p>2. Where the accident is the immediate cause of death, it is immaterial under the act whether or not the employee be or be not peculiarly subject to have such accident befall him or to suffer therefrom more than another differently situated; the sole question being whether the accident was the immediate cause of the injury.</p>