Employers Commercial Union Insurance Co. v. Schmidt

RALEIGH BROWN, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Trial before a jury resulted in a judgment awarding Mary Ellen Schmidt total and permanent disability benefits. Employers Commercial Union Insurance Company, the insurance carrier appeals.

The disabling condition of Mary Ellen Schmidt was diagnosed as a chronic myosi-tis or trapezius syndrome. It was the opinion of her doctor that the condition probably resulted from the position in which she worked at her job. Such position was described as sitting in a rather stooped posture while manipulating small watch components with the hands…