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· 7/1/1856

Sames's Appeal

Citations

  • 26 Pa. 184

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  • noting that incarceration will not work a forfeiture of workers’ compensation benefits
  • interpreting prior version of Act and noting, “Often forgotten or overlooked is the fundamental premise that when the employer and the employee accept the provisions of the Act[,] their relations become contractual and the employee receives the right to compensation under the statute.”

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Judges: Woodward

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