BLASCZAK v. CROWN C. & S. CO., INC. et al.


193 Pa.Super. 422 (1960)

Blasczak v. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. et al., Appellants.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter P. Liebert, 3rd, with him John J. McDevitt, 3rd, for appellants.

Joseph Alessandroni, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., WRIGHT, WOODSIDE, ERVIN, WATKINS, and MONTGOMERY, JJ. (GUNTHER, J., absent).


OPINION BY WOODSIDE, J., November 16, 1960:

This is a workmen's compensation case. Stanley Blasczak suffered a compensable injury necessitating the amputation of his leg. Four and a half months later, on the day he was to be fitted with an artificial limb, he hanged himself. The insurance carrier paid compensation to the date of his death, but not thereafter. Blasczak's widow then filed this claim. The referee and the board granted compensation, and the court below...

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