Claim of Garcia v. Brassiere Restaurant

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 16, 1976, and a supplemental decision filed August 8, 1977, which relieved the Special Fund from liability. On August 11, 1970, claimant, who had a pre-existing brain condition known to the employer, sustained a lacerated scalp at work when a small piece of ceiling fell a short distance, striking him in the head. He was treated and released from a hospital where X rays were negative. Subsequently, claimant began to exhibit signs of cerebellar degeneration and he never returned to work. He is permanently and totally…