Interstate Carriers Cooperative v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Interstate Carriers Cooperative (employer) appeals a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s decision that Anthony DeSanto, Jr. (claimant) was totally disabled as a result of an injury he sustained in the course of his employment.

*290The following facts determined by the referee are supported by substantial evidence1 in the record. The claimant, an interstate truck driver and resident of Pennsylvania, was at his home in Pennsylvania when he accepted an over-the-telephone offer of employment made by the employer who allegedly…