Harding v. Sheridan D. Smith, Inc.

DANA, Justice.

The employer, Sheridan D. Smith, Inc., appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying its petition for apportionment in a successive injury case involving a 1982 work injury and a second injury incurred while the employee was self-employed and not covered by the Act. We affirm the decision of the Board.

The employee, Donald Harding, worked as a truck driver and bulldozer operator for Sheridan D. Smith, from 1981 until 1989. On January 5,1982, Harding suffered a compen-sable injury to his hip and back. In the spring of 1989, Harding quit his job with Smith and…