Claim of Minch v. Eber Bros.

Appeal by the employer Alsco Distributors, Inc., and its carrier from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board charging them with the entire award. The claimant sustained an injury to his back while working for the respondent employer in 1944. This resulted in a spinal fusion being performed by Dr. Sullivan and in 1949 that compensation ease was closed with a lump sum settlement. In 1956 while working for the appellant employer the claimant slipped and fell on his buttocks. Further surgery was performed in 1957 by Dr. Sullivan during which he removed certain scar tissue and some bony…