Claim of Riccobono v. Continental Casualty Co.

Appeal by an employer and its insurance carrier from a decision and award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board upon the basis of reduced earnings. Upon a previous appeal the board’s finding of industrial accident was affirmed. (2 A D 2d 718, motion for leave to appeal denied 2 N Y 2d 705.) There is substantial medical evidence supportive of the board’s findings that, as the result of his accidental heart injury, claimant was unable to resume his work as an investigator of compensation claims and that he retained but a 40% earning capacity. Under the circumstances disclosed by this record, the…