Injuries at mushroom facility found non-work related.

We successfully prosecuted a termination petition and at the same time defended a review petition on behalf of a Berks County mushroom facility in a falling object case. The claimant sustained a strain injury to his neck when he was struck by a stack of falling mushroom baskets at work. Although the baskets only grazed one side of his head and neck, the claimant alleged that his opposite shoulder was injured in the accident to the extent of a fully torn rotator cuff tendon. The claimant also alleged that a calcified longitudinal ligament in his neck was also caused by this accident, resulting in surgery and disability. We convinced the court that the only injury sustained during the incident was a neck strain that fully recovered—all other alleged injuries were found not to be work related.