Hill v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

DOYLE, Judge.

John Hill (Claimant), appeals an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) to dismiss a Claim Petition for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

The facts are not in dispute. Claimant was a deckhand on a ship, the “Spirit of Philadelphia,” a tour boat that plies the navigable waters of the Delaware River. The WCJ’s critical findings of fact describe Claimant’s duties and injury as follows:

5. This [WJorkers’ [Cjompensation Judge has reviewed the record as a whole and finds that it supports the following…