Parrelli v. Atlantic Construction

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 11, 2007, which ruled that there was no causal relationship between claimant’s asbestos-related pleural disease and his loss of earnings.

Claimant sustained a work-related injury to his right hand in 1997. He filed a workers’ compensation claim and was ultimately found to have suffered a permanent partial disability and received a lump-sum settlement. Claimant did not return to work following his hand injury and, due in part to that injury, he applied for disability retirement in 1998.

Claimant filed the present workers’…