Everingim v. Good Samaritan Center of New Underwood

SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Department awarded Everingim worker’s compensation benefits based on a mental disability resulting from post-traumatic stress disorder. The circuit court reversed. Everingim appeals. We reverse.

FACTS

[¶ 2] Everingim comes from a dysfunctional family. She was subjected to sexual and emotional abuse. At age six, an uncle physically and sexually abused her. The abuse, which included intercourse, continued until she was fourteen years old.

[¶ 8] Everingim experienced additional stresses prior to beginning her employment. These stresses included the discovery that her…