Claim of Schworm v. Frito Lay, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 9, 2012, which ruled that the employer’s workers’ compensation carrier is entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund.

Claimant, a mechanic, sustained a work-related back injury in March 2003 when he fell off the rear of a truck onto his back and suffered a fractured vertebrae. Claimant received workers’ compensation benefits for six months, after which he returned to work. Subsequently, the employer and its workers’ compensation carrier (hereinafter collectively referred to as the carrier) filed a claim…