Robbins v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The question for decision in this appeal is that of whether Lee W. Robbins (claimant), a resident of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, who had been employed by Mason-Dixon Line, Inc. (employer) as a truck driver by contract of hire made in Tennessee, the employer’s headquarters, and who suffered injuries from a work-related heart attack in South Carolina, is entitled to the benefits provided by The Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (Act).1

Section 305.2 of the Act, 77 P.S. §411.2, provides, relevantly:(a) If an employe, while working outside the territorial limits of this…