Zivitz v. Zivitz Bros.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 21, 1976, as amended by a decision filed January 11, 1978. Claimant was a butcher whose work required him to enter refrigerators on a daily basis. In September of 1974, he developed an acute infection which was diagnosed as lobar pneumonia. After the acute infection subsided, claimant attempted to return to work on several occasions and developed a chronic pulmonary disease. The board found that claimant’s acute infection was made chronic by his attempts to return to work and concluded that he had suffered an…