Dinnocenzo v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The State Accident Insurance Fund appeals from a circuit court judgment which allowed claimant’s aggravation claim. The circuit court judgment reversed orders of both the hearing officer and the Workmen’s Compensation Board which denied the aggravation claim.

Claimant sustained two compensable injuries within a few days of each other in 1971: She suffered a neck injury on May 28, 1971, and a contusion of the lumbosacral area on June 3, 1971. These claims were accepted with determination orders which allowed unscheduled permanent partial disability awards of 16 degrees each for neck and low…