Saif Corp. v. Bryant

The Workers’ Compensation Board found that claimant’s workplace injury was the major contributing cause of the need for treatment of her combined condition. Employer petitions for review of the Board’s order. We reverse and remand.

Claimant worked as a caregiver at an assisted living facility. On May 24, 1998, a patient at the facility grabbed claimant from behind by her hair, pulled her neck back, and dragged her down a hallway. On July 1, 1998, employer accepted a cervical sprain as a nondisabling condition. On July 12,1998, claimant went to the emergency room because she had been…