Morgan v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Citations

• 273 Pa. 255
• 116 A. 891
• 1922 Pa. LEXIS 560

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s compensation — Death—Bronchial pneumonia — Medical opinion — Causal connection between injury and disease.</p> <p>1. Where a workman dies of bronchial pneumonia six weeks after an accidental injury, an award for his death will not be sustained, where the deceased’s physician will go no further than to say that he thought the injuries were “indirectly responsible” for the pneumonia, although it might possibly have resulted from some other cause.</p> <p>2. In such cases, there must be a probable, direct relation shown between the injury and the disease resulting in death, otherwise liability would be fixed by surmise.</p>