Matter of Compensation of Hall

The question presented in this workers’ compensation case is the extent of claimant’s disability. The referee and the Workers’ Compensation Board found claimant to be permanently and totally disabled as the result of an on-the-job injury to her lower back. The insurer appeals, and we modify the award.

Claimant was injured in October, 1975, when she tripped over the foot of a co-worker and fell. She was treated by several doctors. She has continued to have significant pain in her back and both legs, along with numbness and tingling in her legs. She returned to her former employment on an…