Flynn v. General Motors Corp.

Plaintiff, Carroll Flynn, appeals by leave granted from a decision issued by the Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board reversing a decision of a hearing referee. The referee had ordered defendant, General Motors Corporation, to pay cumulative penalties totalling approximately $40,000. We affirm the wcab.

In September, 1974, plaintiff, an electrician at defendant’s Fisher Body Coldwater Road Plant, filed an application for worker’s compensation benefits based on an ankle injury he sustained during the course of his employment in September, 1972. In January, 1976, defendant was ordered by a hearing…