HARWITZ v. SELAS CORP. OF AMERICA


406 Pa. 539 (1962)

Harwitz, Appellant, v. Selas Corporation of America.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.L. Floum, with him H. Weiner, and James Francis McCourt, for appellant.

Alan R. Howe, with him Edward Davis, for appellees.

Theodore Voorhees, with him George J. Miller, and Dechert, Price & Rhoads, for defendant, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN and O'BRIEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, March 13, 1962:

Appellant, in February of 1958, was an employee of appellee, Selas Corporation of America (Selas). On February 8, 1958, he left the job before completion of his shift, complaining of a back ache. He remained absent from the job until April 16, 1958, when he reported for work and was offered a job as shop cleaner and porter. Harwitz refused this offer of employment and, on April...

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