Irvin v. Frost

Citations

• 68 Pa. Super. 456
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 148

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Damages—Workmen's Compensation Act of June 8, 1915„ P. L. 786.</p> <p>Where a man receiving as wages $10.50 per week, is killed in the course of an industrial employment, and leaves to survive him a widow and a child born after his death, an award to the widow of 45 per cent, of his wages for a period of 300 weeks, and to the infant an amount of 15 per cent, of the wages beginning at the expiration of the 300 weeks and continuing until the child reaches the age of sixteen years, will be sustained by the courts.</p>