Claim of Scalo v. C.D. Perry & Sons, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 17, 2012, which denied the request of the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier for reconsideration and/or full Board review.

Claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits based upon a back injury he sustained while working for the employer in July 2010. The employer controverted the claim asserting that claimant’s injury was not the result of a work-related accident and that any such injury would be subject to apportionment. Following a hearing, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge found that claimant…