Workers' compensation appeal board properly found that claimant's injury that occurred while he was working on a vessel "on the water" fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Longshore Act because claimant himself testified that the vessel was on the water and not in dry dock. Affirmed.
September 09, 2016 at 12:00 AM
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Workers’ Compensation • Longshore Act • “On the Water” • Exclusive Jurisdiction
Savoy v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 16-1109 (Pa. Commw. Aug. 25, 2016) Leavitt, P. J. (8 pages).
Workers’ compensation appeal board properly found that claimant’s injury that occurred while he was working on a vessel “on the water” fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Longshore Act because claimant himself testified that the vessel was on the water and not in dry dock. Affirmed.
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