Ruppert v. Commonwealth

BARBIERI, Senior Judge.

Matthew L. Ruppert (Petitioner) petitions for review of a decision of the Crime Victim’s Compensation Board (Board) denying his claim for compensation.

*256The facts are not in dispute. On December 22, 1986, Petitioner, then nineteen years of age, was employed by Albert Crowl, d/b/a Crowl’s Custom Butchery, in York Springs, Pennsylvania. While Petitioner was at work, he caught his hand in a meat grinder. This injury required amputation of Petitioner’s hand and reconstructive surgery.

Petitioner submitted a workers’ compensation claim for $29,683.57 in medical expenses plus…