Claim of Shirley v. Triangle Maintenance Corp.

Appeal on a shortened record by the Special Disability Fund from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed June 3, 1971 and from an amended decision filed June 9, 1972, which ¡established the liability of said fund under subdivision 8 of section 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law. Claimant, employed as a cleaning lady, alleged that she hurt her back while emptying a waste can and was given an award based on a finding that she had a causally related mild permanent partial disability. She was very obese, the board stating that she was about five feet four inches tall and that she…