Leonard v. Robin

KLEES, Judge.

Defendants-appellants, The Hartford Insurance Company and Peter Robin (d/b/a Robin Seafood Company), appeal the trial court’s award of worker’s compensation benefits to plaintiff-appellee, Claude Leonard. We affirm.

This case arises out of a 1985 accident in which plaintiff allegedly injured his neck and back while lifting sacks of oysters during his employment at Robin Seafood Company. Based on plaintiff’s complaints of pain and in office physical examinations, Dr. Lucas DiLeo diagnosed plaintiff’s condition as cervical lumbar syndrome or structural damage to the disk in the…