Calkins v. Westcraft Chair, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, upholding the referee’s order which granted employer’s motion to dismiss her claim for compensation for a hip injury. The motion was granted on the ground that the hip claim is barred by res judicata. Because we hold that the claim was not barred, we reverse and remand.

Claimant was employed as a sewing machine operator. In September, 1980, she was injured at work when a furniture frame fell on her. Her claim for compensation was accepted and processed to closure on February 12, 1981. For several months before that injury,…