Turrentine v. General Motors Corp.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an opinion and order of the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission that affirmed a magistrate’s award of disability compensation benefits to plaintiff. We affirm.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a spray painter. On January 6, 1987, he suffered an electrical shock in his right hand and chest while spraying with an electrostatic spray gun. He developed myoclonus, an involuntary jerking, which left him unable to hold the spray gun. This claim for disability compensation benefits followed._

The workers’ compensation magistrate awarded plaintiff…