Sunset Golf Course v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

PALLADINO, Judge.

Sunset Golf Course (Sunset) and its insurer, Pacific Employer’s Insurance Company (PEIC) (collectively, Petitioners), appeal an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (Board) which substituted Petitioners for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and its insurer, the State Workmen’s Insurance Fund (SWIF) (collectively, Respondents), as the responsible employer and insurer for the specific loss claim of Lloyd Golden (Claimant).

Claimant was a participant in DPW’s Community Work Experience Project and was assigned to work as a laborer for Sunset. In May,…