Zechenelly v. F.A. Richard & Associates, Inc.

CRAIN, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Hearing Officer1 finding George Zechenelly totally and permanently disabled, granting worker’s compensation benefits of $261 per week retroactive to April 18,1990, and granting attorney fees of $6500 together with 12% penalty on past due benefits for defendants’ arbitrary and capricious termination of benefits. The Hearing Officer adopted plaintiffs post trial memorandum as his reasons for judgment.

The defendant assigns as error the Hearing Officer’s holding plaintiff totally and permanently disabled and finding that defendant arbitrarily and…