Claim of Lima v. Newport Painting & Decorating

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 25, 2013, which, among other things, ruled that claimant did not sustain a work-related injury.

Claimant, alleging that he fell from scaffolding while painting and suffered injuries to his neck, left shoulder and lower back, filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The employer controverted the claim and, following a hearing at which a coworker testified that she was working with claimant at the time of the alleged accident and that he did not fall, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge found the employer’s witness…