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MCELHENEY v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEAL BOARD

No. 806 C.D. 2006.

908 A.2d 960 (2006)

Daniel McElheney, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard), Respondent

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed: September 27, 2006.

OPINION BY JUDGE PELLEGRINI.

The single question presented by this appeal is whether the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act (Act)1 applies to an injury incurred by a claimant working on a ship in dry dock even though that injury also falls within the coverage of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. §§901-950 (2000).

Daniel McElheney (Claimant) worked at the Philadelphia Navy Yard employed...

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