Legal Opinion
Reinforced Earth Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 12, 2000PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
The Reinforced Earth Company and State Workers’ Insurance Fund (collectively, Employer) petition for review of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board’s (Board) order of September 29, 1999, affirming the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s (WCJ) award of workers’ compensation benefits to Juan Carlos S. Astudillo (Claimant) who declined to hold that because Claimant was an illegal alien, he was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.
The pertinent facts as found by the WCJ are as follows. Claimant was an illegal alien and did not have proper Immigration and Naturalization…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kachinski v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Dowling v. SlotnikSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Mendoza v. Monmouth Recycling Corp.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1996
- Granados v. Windson Development Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1999
- Pruitt v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Design Kitchen and Baths v. LagosCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2005
- Reinforced Earth Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Ruiz v. Belk Masonry Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2002
- Madeira v. Affordable Housing Foundation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Gayton v. Gage Carolina Metals Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2002
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