Public Employee Claims Division v. Tiner

Elizabeth W. Danielson, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, appellants contend that the commission’s findings that appellee sustained a compensable injury and that she is temporarily totally disabled are not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.

At the time of the hearing in this matter, appellee was 63 years old and had been employed by the Newport Public School System for 33 years. It is undisputed that appellee has had a hiatal hernia and gastrointestinal problems for a number of years preceding the date of the injury. On January 6, 1988, appellee was called in to work to cook…