Wellsville Terminals Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

The question presented is whether the Longshoremen and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., supplants the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act (“PWCA”), 77 P.S. § 1 et seq., or merely supplements it when a worker is injured while making repairs to a barge floating in the Ohio River. The Commonwealth Court held that the LHWCA merely supplemented the PWCA and the two acts shared concurrent jurisdiction. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the order of the learned Commonwealth Court.1

A review of the record reveals the…