Sherman v. Western Employers Insurance

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that reversed the referee’s order setting aside employer’s denial of her claim. The Board held that claimant had not proven by a preponderance of the evidence that she had injured her back while at work. We review de novo and reverse.

Claimant, a registered nurse, testified that while at work on January 30, 1985, she felt a searing pain in her back when she twisted as she steadied an unstable patient, that her back continued to hurt and that she mentioned the incident later that day to Hotchkiss, her supervisor. She also testified…