Carrodine v. PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP.

|,In this case the medical testimony revealed that the employee suffers from the chronic disease of psoriasis. She brought this workers’ compensation action claiming that her psoriasis is an occupational disease caused by certain chemicals and other skin irritants to which she was exposed during her last two employments. Both employers were initially sued. Yet, during trial, the plaintiff dismissed her last em ployer from the action. Judgment was eventually rendered against the previous employer upon the determination that psoriasis was an occupational disease. Finding that the medical…