Scott v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Richard Scott, Claimant, appeals here an order of the Workmens Compensation Appeal Board (Board), in which the Board reversed an award to Claimant by a referee. We will reverse.

This case involves an injury to an employee incurred while engaged in a softball game on a team sponsored by his Employer, Packaging Corporation of America. The facts are that Claimant had been a member of the softball team for four years; the team was entered in the Industrial League and played softball against teams of other employers in the area; in the second year of the teams career…