The Fid. & Cas. Co. of N.Y. v. Workmen's Comp. Appeals Bd.

McCOY, J. pro tem. *

This petition seeks review and annulment of an award of workmen’s compensation benefits to Hugo W. Ratzel for permanent disability rated at 14% percent.

Petitioner, the compensation insurance carrier, contends that the referee included in his instructions to the Permanent Disability Rating Bureau a factor of disability which has no support in the evidence and, therefore, the rating of the percentage of disability as recommended by the rating expert at 14½ percent is inappropriate. The appeals board, conceding at the oral argument that the record contains no support for the…