Cristiano v. Ninfa's Restaurant

Appellants challenge the award solely on the that the Workmen’s Compensation Board lacked jurisdiction to set aside a release executed by claimant to a third party, and *562that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a finding that the release was invalid, if jurisdiction existed.

While in the course of his employment as a waiter in the employer’s restaurant, claimant, an innocent nonparticipant, was struck in the face by a glass thrown by one James Young, a patron of the restaurant, and sustained injuries which subsequently resulted in the removal of his left- eye. Immediately after the…