SAIF Corp. v. Brown

SAIF Corporation and claimant’s employer seek judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) that reversed the administrative law judge’s (ALJ’s) order upholding SAIF’s denial of claimant’s mental disorder claim. We reverse and remand for reconsideration.

We state the facts as found by the ALJ and adopted by the Board. In December 1995, claimant, a convenience store clerk, was compensably injured when a man punched her in the face as a second man attempted to shoplift beer from the store. She received treatment at a hospital and returned to work approximately one week…