Kirby v. SAIF Corp.

The Workers’ Compensation Board (board) found that claimant’s work-related injury sustained while working for employer was not compensable because it was not the major contributing cause of his need for treatment; rather, an earlier, out-of-state, work-related injury was at least an equal cause. For that reason, the board affirmed employer’s denial of the claim. Claimant seeks review, arguing that, under the “last injury rule” or, alternatively, the statutory definition of a “compensable injury,” his injury is compensable and employer is responsible. We affirm the board’s order.

In 1999,…