Davis v. Employers Insurance of Wausau

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

Appellant Brenda Davis initiated two workers’ compensation suits, one for a 1978 back injury and one for an occupational disease. These suits were consolidated below for the purposes of discovery and trial only. In the suit for the 1978 back injury, the jury found that Ms. Davis had suffered temporary total and temporary partial disability for which she was due compensation. The 1978 injury case is not before us on appeal. In the second cause of action, the jury found that Ms. Davis also suffered from an occupational disease that resulted in temporary total and partial…