Claim of Esbin v. Webb & Knapp, Inc.

Appeal from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant has been awarded benefits on the basis of 50% temporary partial disability for the period June 14 to December 1, 1960. Appellants argue that the medical proof does not sustain the finding of disability. There was, however, a prior award to June 14, 1960 based on a 50% disability which appellants did not contest and paid. Part of the medical opinion on which this uncontested award was made, e.g., the report of a physician who noted a “ minimal ” disability on May 5, 1960, which was before the Referee at the time of…