Claim of Hilfiker v. Parker Hannifin Corp.

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed May 19, 1970 which discharged the Special Fund from liability upon a finding that the employer failed to establish knowledge of a prior existing permanent impairment (Workmen’s Compensation Law, § 15, subd. 8). Claimant sustained a work connected injury to her lower back for which she was awarded permanent partial disability. Prior to the industrial accident and her employment with respondent she had been involved in an automobile accident suffering injury to her neck, back, hip and lower extremities. Appellant’s medical expert…