Negrete v. WESTERN ELEC. CO., INC.

The employee, plaintiff-appellant Mary D. Negrete, seeks to reverse the judgment of a three-judge panel of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court on rehearing in favor of the employer, defendant-appellee Western Electric Company, Inc.

Plaintiff alleges her employment was terminated because of the effects of the occupational diseases of epicondylitis and carpal tunnel syndrome and is therefore entitled to benefits under the provisions of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Act. The compensation court concluded plaintiff failed to sustain her burden of proving that she suffered an injury by…