Supeno v. Equity Office Properties Management, LLC

Plaintiff Barbara Supeno brought a claim under G. L. c. 152, § 1(7A), for workers’ compensation benefits against her employer, Elron Software, Inc. (Elron), for whom she began working on January 31, 2000, claiming that her condition of idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) was caused by exposure to “harmful toxins and fumes” in the workplace.2 An administrative law judge of the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) denied her claim, concluding on the evidence before him that Supeno did not meet her burden of showing that her medical condition was caused by an injury in the workplace…