Crossett School District v. Gourley

The Commission found that although appellee’s exposure to mold in the classroom was not peculiar to her occupation as a teacher, the exposure was “peculiar or characteristic of this particular employment in that [appellee’s] employment exposed her to a greater risk of that disease.” An occupational disease must be “due to the nature of an employment in which the hazards of the disease actually exist and are characteristic thereof and peculiar to the trade, occupation, process, or employment.” (Emphasis added). Ark. Code Ann. § ll-9-601(g)(l) (1987). Although the hazard of the disease need not…