Noverati v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Giuseppe Noverati (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) reversing the decision of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) and granting Newtown Squire Inn’s (Employer) Petition to Suspend Claimant’s benefits effective June 16,1986. We reverse.

On April 2, 1979, while employed as a cook by Employer, Claimant injured his lower back when he lifted a heavy pot of soup. Claimant, who suffered from scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, filed a Claim Petition, alleging that the work injury aggravated that pre-existing condition and rendered him…