Edwards v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The issue in this workmen’s compensation appeal is whether claimant’s present physical problems are the result of a fall which she sustained in 1973. Claimant appeals from an order of the circuit court affirming the decisions of the hearings referee and a majority of the Workmen’s Compensation Board (Board), and denying compensation for urethritis and cystourethrocele (urological conditions).

On September 10, 1973, while at work, claimant slipped and fell, striking her left hand on a desk and landing on her right hip. The injury report identified claimant’s injuries as a broken bone in the…