Naugle v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

In this workmen’s compensation appeal, the claimant1 questions a denial of compensation by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, affirming the referee’s decision that the claimant was not injured in the course of his employment.2

*134An employee of the Penn Machine Company (employer), the claimant was injured on February 23, 1979 when he slipped on ice, fell and broke his hip while walking to the plant after parking his car. The lot where the claimant was injured, located across a set of railroad tracks from the employer’s property, was owned by U.S. Steel; the claimant…