Bake Lines Trucking, Inc. v. Chester

The employer/carrier raise three points for review in this appeal from a workers’ compensation order. We find merit with two points, and accordingly reverse.

The claimant was injured when a truck he was driving for the employer crashed through a road barricade. This case was originally heard on June 6, 1977. The then Judge of Industrial Claims (JIC) found that claimant had reached MMI from his injuries on December 3, 1976, with no permanent disability as a result of the accident; and that claimant suffered from a pre-existing heart condition which was not aggravated by the accident and was not…