Legal Opinion
Vollmer v. Wal-Mart Store, Inc.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 7, 2007No. 23948PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Ginger Vollmer appeals the circuit court’s decision affirming the ruling by the Department of Labor dismissing her workers’ compensation claim. We reverse and remand.
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[¶ 2.] Ginger Vollmer, a pharmacy technician, began working at Wal-Mart in 1992. By all accounts, she was an excellent employee. She was injured at work on September 1, 1999, when she crouched down beside a compact refrigerator to put away a small package of insulin vials. As she held the refrigerator door with her right hand, she reached across her body with the package in her left hand. It weighed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Day v. John Morrell & Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
- Enger v. FMCSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1997
- Watertown Coop. Elevator Ass'n v. South Dakota Department of RevenueSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001
- Tieszen v. John Morrell & Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Baier v. Dean Kurtz Construction Inc.South Dakota Supreme Court · 2009
- Martz v. Hills MaterialsSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2014
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