Hall v. Chrysler Corp.

* Plaintiff appeals by leave granted on remand from the Supreme Court a May 26, 1987, order and opinion of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which dismissed plaintiffs petition for total and permanent disability against defendants Chrysler Corporation and the Second Injury Fund (sif).

The facts are undisputed. Plaintiff was originally hired in 1952 to work for Chrysler in Michigan. Following a layoff in 1957, plaintiff was offered, and accepted, a transfer to Chrysler’s Newark assembly plant in Delaware where he worked until 1978.

On November 24, 1978, plaintiff petitioned for workers’…