Bremer v. Buerkle

Edwin Bremer suffered from allergic contact dermatitis which caused him to be disabled forcing him to quit his job as a body shop repairman. The Workers’ Compensation Court held that Mr. Bremer’s allergy was both an injury and a disease and therefore Mr. Bremer was entitled to elect his remedy under either the Workers’ Compensation Act or the Occupational Disease Act. We affirm.

The only issue in this case is, did Edwin Bremer’s allergy constitute an injury within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, as well as an occupational disease within the meaning of the Occupational Disease…