Conte v. P.A.N. Construction Co.

Darryl Conte appeals from a decision of the reviewing board of the Department of Industrial Accidents (board) declining to apply § 51A of the workers’ compensation statute, G. L. c. 152, to the allowance of his claim for temporary total incapacity benefits under § 34 of that statute. Section 51A provides that in “any claim in which no compensation has been paid prior to the final decision on such claim, said final decision shall take into consideration the compensation provided by statute on the date of the decision, rather than the date of the injury.” Because we find reasonable the board’s…