Tassinari's Case

The employer’s insurer in this claim for compensation under G. L. c. 152 appeals from a Superior Court judgment awarding compensation to John Tassinari (the employee) in accordance with a decision of the reviewing board which had affirmed and adopted the findings of the single member. These findings were to the effect that the employee suffered work related injuries in 1962, 1966, and 1972; that his posttrauma epilepsy and secondary emotional distress were “causally initiated” by his 1962 injury and “aggrevated by his 1972 incident at work”; and that he has been totally disabled since March,…