Holmlund v. Standard Construction Co.

This matter is before the court to review a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing the decision of a compensation judge who held that respondent employee’s disability of May 11, 1973, was not causally related to an injury he sustained on June 25, 1964. The issue is whether the board was justified in disregarding the undisputed testimony of the medical witnesses in reaching its decision. We hold that it was not justified and reverse.

On June 25, 1964, the employee, Eric Holmlund, while employed by Standard Construction Company, fell from a ladder and sustained a fracture of his…