Richkowsky v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.

Citations

• 276 Pa. 577
• 120 A. 551
• 1923 Pa. LEXIS 636

Syllabus

<p>'Workmen’s compensatioft~-Evidence — Opinion of expert as to illness corned “by accident.</p> <p>1. An award of the workmen’s compensation board in favor of a workman will be affirmed, where tbe claimant testifies that his ailment followed and was caused by tbe accident, and this is affirmed by tbe positive opinion of tbe doctor wbo attended bim; tbis is tbe case altbougb other doctors would not say with tbe same assurance tbat tbe claimant’s ill bealtb was due to tbe accident.</p>