Castillo v. Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc.

In this case, we discuss what an injured employee, with a noncompensable pre-existing condition, has to demonstrate, under G. L. c. 152, § 1(7A),2 to collect workers’ compensation benefits.

The employee appeals an adverse ruling, claiming that (1) the medical evidence was uncontradicted that the accident was the cause of his disability; and (2) an incorrect standard was used in assessing the employee’s pre-existing injury. We affirm.

*219On April 6, 2001, approximately two weeks after he started working as a laborer for employer Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc., employee Adon Castillo slipped and fell…