Whitaker v. Sunset Queens, Inc.

Appeals from decisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed July 26, 1973 and May 13, 1974, which modified a referee’s decision by reversing so much thereof as found no causal relation between decedent’s accidental injury and subsequent amputation of his right leg, and made an award for benefits for loss of use of the right leg. The board has found that claimant’s decedent sustained an accidental injury in the course of his employment when, on February 16, 1970, he was struck on the right ankle by falling lumber in the employer’s store, causing a laceration. Appellants contend that this…