Liberty Northwest Insurance v. Salyers

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order affirming the referee’s decision to set aside denial of claimant’s injury claim. We affirm.

On Friday, June 7, 1985, claimant, while helping to lift a 300-pound log at work, felt a tearing and burning sensation in his left arm. Later that day, he underwent a routine performance evaluation by his supervisor but did not mention the incident. He also failed to tell his wife.1 The next day, while attempting to carry a television from the house to his car, he felt the same tearing and burning sensation in the arm. His wife took him to the…