Bartholow Drywall Co., Inc. v. Hill

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

This appeal arises from an Industrial Commission decision that the January 6, 1989 right wrist injury of Karen D. Hill, appellee, was a compensable consequence of her July 24, 1986 lower back industrial injury and that her claim for medical benefits concerning the wrist injury was timely filed. On appeal, Bartholow Drywall Company, Inc. and West American Insurance Company, appellants, (hereafter collectively employer) raise the following issues: (1) whether the doctrine of compensable consequences applies to Hill’s January 6, 1989 injury, and (2) whether Hill’s claim is…