Cypress Companies v. Brown

Johnson, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, Cypress Companies (“Cypress”) and Safeco Insurance Company of America (“Safeco”) contend that an erroneous theory of law was applied which resulted in Cypress being improperly compelled to pay workers’ compensation benefits to its injured employee, Mary Jean Brown. Cypress and Safeco assert that the appellate division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation misapplied the “two-insurer” principle to the underlying facts or, in the alternative, failed to follow the “original injury” principle within the two-insurer line of cases. After reviewing the…