Graybill v. Swift & Co.

I cannot countenance the result reached by the majority and therefore dissent. What follows is an alternative version which, unfortunately for both Mr. Graybill and the state of the law in this jurisdiction, did not garner a majority. The reader can judge which one properly applies our worker’s compensation statutes and precedent to the record in this matter.

It is not disputed that claimant sustained a compensable industrial injury while employed by respondent Swift & Company. The sole issue presented is whether the Commission erred in rejecting any consideration of chronic pain as a…