Kiczula v. American National Can Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PAUL G. LEVY, J.A.D.

In this workers’ compensation case, petitioner Irene Kiczula received a fifty percent permanent partial disability award when the trial judge found that her pulmonary disease, known as Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG), was exacerbated or aggravated by her employment on an assembly line that made steel cans. The employer, in this appeal, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that petitioner’s work accelerated or aggravated the disease. We disagree with the employer’s arguments and accordingly, we affirm.

Petitioner filed a…