Brennan v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The State Accident Insurance Fund appeals from a judgment of the circuit court which awarded claimant medical expenses for treatment and permanent disability equal to 25 per cent permanent loss of function of one leg and for expenses related to excision of a lipoma (a fatty tumor). The hearing officer and Workmen’s Compensation Board had denied these claims.

Claimant, a longshoreman, had had several on-the-job injuries for which he received compensation prior to the incident to which he relates these claims. The previous injuries had left him with a weakened left knee upon which he frequently…