Legal Opinion
Claim of Messina v. Speranza
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 24, 1980PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeals from decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 29, 1979 and January 22, 1980. Claimant is a 44-year-old mason employed by Gamillo Speranza. He sustained a back injury when he lifted a concrete block while doing his work. Surgery was performed in October, 1974 to remove a herniated disk at the L-4 level. After some initial improvement, claimant's back problems reoccurred. Claimant underwent a myelogram which indicated a possible recurrence at the L-4 level and an increase of the disc protrusion at L-3 which had been noted after his accident and prior to his first…
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