Boutwell v. Domino's Pizza

Pierron, J.:

The Workers Compensation Fund (Fund) appeals from an award finding Gerald Boutwell permanently and totally disabled.

Boutwell had a history of schizoaffective disorder. From 1979 to 1989, he held a variety of jobs, including salvage yard worker, hospital orderly, backhoe operator, and carpenter. Boutwell saw Dr. J. Luis Ibarra beginning in 1979 for his mental disorders. Dr. Ibarra treated him with psychotherapy and psychotropic medications. Boutwell had severe ongoing psychiatric problems, resulting in an involuntary commitment and other hospitalizations. Following Dr. Ibarra’s…