Claim of Gelbman v. Cornell Maintenance Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed August 4,1982. Claimant, who held jobs as a taxicab driver and as an electrician, was injured in the course of his employment as a taxicab driver on June 30,1976. He was found to have a permanent partial disability due to injury to his back and was unable to return to work as a taxicab driver. Claimant was awarded benefits of $90 per week as reduced earnings. The compensation carrier made an application on October 1, 1981 to reopen the case to review claimant’s eligibility for continued benefits as he returned to work as an…