Reynolds v. Kenney Manufacturing Co.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on a petition for certiorari filed by Richard Reynolds (employee or Reynolds) to review a final decree of the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Court (appellate division) affirming the denial and dismissal of the employee’s petition for workers’ compensation benefits. We grant the petition for certiorari and quash the decree of the appellate division. The facts insofar as pertinent to this petition are as follows.

On October 23, 1986, employee injured his back while attempting to lift a box that weighed one hundred pounds…