Gilroy v. General Distributors

This worker’s compensation appeal presents two issues: (1) did the claimant suffer a new injury or an aggravation of a March, 1974, injury or both; and (2) was the claimant entitled to an award of a penalty and attorney fees because of the failure of his employer’s current insurer to pay him compensation or deny the claim within 14 days of the employer’s receipt of notice or knowledge of claimant’s claim?

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Claimant injured his right shoulder while playing football in November, 1973. He again injured his shoulder at work at General Distributors in March, 1974, when an empty beer keg fell and…