Poppleton v. Rollins, Inc.

Rollins, Inc., and Home Indemnity Co., defendants and appellants, appeal an order of the Workers’ Compensation Court allowing Evelyn Frances Poppleton, claimant and respondent, to pursue a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

One issue is presented for our review:

Did the Workers’ Compensation Court err when it held that a claimant may receive benefits under both the Occupational Disease Act and the Workers’ Compensation Act?

Respondent Poppleton was employed as an officer manager of Orkin Exterminator Co., a division of Rollins, Inc., from 1976 to…