Lehigh Foundations, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Lehigh Foundations, Inc. (Employer), and its insurance carrier, appeal a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which affirmed a referee’s award of benefits to Brett Arthur Fegan (Claimant).

Claimant, the illegitimate child of Diane R. Fegan (now Diane R. Harper) and Rudy Arthur Kelly (Decedent), was conceived while his parents were in high school in Pennsylvania. The pregnant mother moved to Virginia to have their child and Decedent arranged for her and Claimant’s prenatal care, paid the medical expenses connected with the birth and the bills…