Reinforced Earth Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

Justice CAPPY.

In this appeal of The Reinforced Earth Company and its insurer, the State Workers’ Insurance Fund (collectively, “Reinforced Earth”) we consider (1) whether the Commonwealth Court erred in holding that public policy does not exclude the appellee, Juan Carlos S. Astudillo (“Claimant”), an unauthorized alien, from receiving relief under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act1; and (2) assuming Claimant’s eligibility to receive benefits in the first instance, whether the Commonwealth Court’s decision that Reinforced Earth failed to…