Ryan v. Grinnell Corporation

This is an employee’s petition to review a decree of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission which terminated the employee’s benefits on the ground that his incapacity for work had ended. The full commission affirmed the decree of the trial commissioner denying the petition and the employee brings this appeal.

The petitioner, a foundry worker, sprained his back in 1972 while attempting to lift an 85-lb. ladle. He received compensation benefits until April 4, 1974, when, upon a petition to review brought by the employer, the commission found he was no longer incapacitated. The petitioner returned…