McIlvaine Trucking, Inc. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The question presented concerns whether an employment agreement purporting to vest exclusive jurisdiction over work-related injuries within a foreign state’s workers’ compensation system may be enforced, consistent with the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, where the injury at issue occurred within this Commonwealth.

Appellant Robert E. States (“Claimant”) was employed as an interstate truck driver, by Appellee Mcllvaine Trucking, Inc. (“Employer”), a liquid bulk carrier headquartered in Ohio and operating primarily there, in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West…