In re the Claim of Williams v. Blovsky Motor Sales, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 13, 1987.

Claimant sustained a compensable back injury on October 5, 1979. On August 26, 1981, he reinjured his back in a noncompensable accident requiring surgical intervention. The Workers’ Compensation Board found that the accident of August 26, 1981 aggravated claimant’s previous compensable injury and constituted a new accident. Accordingly, it apportioned liability equally between the two accidents. Claimant appeals, contending that the decision is against the weight of the evidence. We disagree.

The Board, in the…