Wilson v. H. C. Frick Coke Co.

Citations

• 268 Pa. 256
• 110 A. 723
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 667

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s- compensation — Master and servant — Laborer—Course of employment — Death.</p> <p>Compensation, for the death of an ordinary day laborer, will not be allowed under the Workmen’s' Compensation Act, as occurring within the “course of employment,” where it appears deceased was ordered by his foreman to appear before the employer’s physician for physical examination after working hours on a certain evening; he did not appear at the designated time or place; on the following evening he voluntarily appeared at the physician’s home in another town; on returning home he was drowned in crossing a river, and his employment was for fixed working hours, without the limits of which he could not be called upon to work without additional compensation.</p>