Pugh v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

OPINION BY

Judge LEAVITT.

Geoffrey Pugh (Claimant) petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board) that denied him benefits. In doing so, the Board affirmed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) that Claimant, who was injured in Minnesota, had failed to prove that his employment was principally located in Pennsylvania at the time of his injury. This demonstration was a necessary prerequisite to an award of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation benefits for an out-of-state injury.

Claimant, a Pennsylvania resident, was employed as an…