Continental Group v. Coppage

WILNER, Judge.

On November 7, 1979, Howard Coppage, appellee, sustained an accidental injury to his head and back while in the course of his employment by appellant. A year later, the Workmen’s Compensation Commission found that Coppage had a five percent permanent partial disability as a result of that accident.

Subsequently, Coppage petitioned to reopen his claim with respect to three issues, one of which was whether seizures he was then experiencing were causally related to the 1979 injury. After a hearing, the Commission, on October 14, 1981, found that the seizures were not causally…