Graves v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Respectfully, I dissent.

The only authority the majority cites for the proposition that claimant’s status as an escapee should preclude him from receiving worker’s compensation benefits is that to allow such a result “shocks the conscience.” In my view, that is simply not authority, and denying a claimant benefits on those grounds frustrates the clear intent of the Workers’ Compensation Act.1

Even the majority must allow that under a strict causation analysis claimant would be entitled to benefits. Phrased differently, the majority admits that if we follow Section 301(a) of the Workers’…