Claim of Scollo v. Joseph J. Pietrafesa Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 15, 1983, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury in the course of his employment and awarded benefits.

Claimant was employed as a fabric cutter for a clothing manufacturer. He testified that, while lifting a heavy roll of fabric on March 14, 1980, he felt a snap in his back and a burning sensation in his legs. On March 25, 1980, a lumbar laminectomy was performed. The employer and carrier contested claimant’s application for workers’ compensation benefits. The Board held that claimant had suffered an…