Siglin v. Armour & Co.

Citations

• 261 Pa. 30
• 103 A. 991
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 682

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s compensation — Injury in course of employment— Motor truck — Driver’s helper — Voluntary giving up of seat — Fall from running hoard — Award.</p> <p>Where the helper of a driver of a motor truck voluntarily gave up his seat to girls on the way home from work and stood on the running board, and the truck then resumed its jo.urney and struck an obstruction in the road, causing him to fall and sustain fatal injuries, he was injured while engaged in the course of his employment and his widow and children were properly awarded compensation. ,</p>