… A 57-year old airline worker was unloading a catering van when he slipped and fell. He injured his neck and back. He had extensive neck surgery which resulted in a scar on the back of his neck. The workmen’s compensation insurance company claimed that the scar on the back of the neck was below the level of the collarbone, which is not compensable. Extensive photographs and measurements were submitted corresponding to x-rays of his neck and upper body. After several hearings, the workmen’s compensation judge awarded significant benefits for the injured worker’s disfigurement and scaring from this surgery.
