American Hoechst Corp. v. Carr

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This case came before us on the petition of the employer, American Hoechst Corp. (American), for writ of certiorari. The employer seeks review' of a decree of the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Court 1 that reversed a trial judge’s decision that the employee, Susan Carr (Carr), was no longer disabled in total or in part from the effects of an occupational disease. We affirm.

Carr was employed by American as a senior laboratory technician. On March 10, 1980, she was diagnosed as suffering from berylliosis, a lung disease that severely reduces one’s…