Smith v. Capital Region Medical Center

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Judge.

On behalf of her deceased husband Stephen Smith (Smith), Dorothy Smith (the claimant) appeals the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s decision denying the claim for workers’ compensation because the claimant failed to meet her burden of proof that her husband sustained an *254occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment with Capital Region Medical Center. The claimant contends that the Commission erred as a matter of law because it required her to prove a specific source of injury before work could be considered a substantial factor in…