Reiss v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co.

Plaintiff Carol Reiss 1 appeals by leave granted from the order and opinion of the Worker’s Compensation Appellate Commission affirming the magistrate’s decision to grant defendants’ petitions to stop compensation and to recoup benefits. We affirm.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Joseph Reiss (hereinafter Joseph), suffered a work-related injury to his lower back in 1988. At the time of the injury, Joseph already had a long history of back problems that included two laminectomies. On December 12, 1991, the magistrate concluded that the injury aggravated Joseph’s preexisting spinal stenosis and granted…