Watkins v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.

Citations

• 278 Pa. 463
• 123 A. 461
• 1924 Pa. LEXIS 426

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s compensation — Appeals—Evidence—Review.</p> <p>1. On appeals from decisions in workmen’s compensation cases, the revisory powers of the appellate court is limited to such consideration of the record as will enable it to ascertain whether there is evidence to support the findings, and, if so, whether the law has been properly applied.</p> <p>Workmen’s compensation — Strain on heart — Climbing stairway —Evidence—Nature of the accident — Accidental death.</p> <p>2. A claimant in a workmen’s compensation case is required to show that the injury or death was accidental, but not the precise nature of the accident.</p> <p>3. Where it is shown by expert evidence that a deceased workman died from a strain of the heart caused by climbing eighty feet up a stairway in the course of his employment, his widow is entitled to compensation.</p> <p>4. Where it appears deceased sustained a fall, which may have caused death by brain lesion or other injury, this is sufficient to support a finding of accidental death.</p>