Bluemer v. Southland Industries

In this workers’ compensation case, the issue is which of two employers is responsible for claimant’s collapsed disc at L4-5. The Workers’ Compensation Board (board) determined that the collapsed disc is a consequential condition and that claimant’s former employer, Unistrut Corporation, is responsible for it. Claimant seeks review of that determination, arguing that he suffers from a combined — not a consequential — condition that is the responsibility of his subsequent employer, Southland Industries. Additionally and alternatively, claimant asserts that the board erred in failing to treat…