Schopf v. Red Owl Stores, Inc.

This is an appeal from a decision of a divided Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals affirming a compensation judge’s award of benefits for temporary total disability and permanent partial disability. At issue is whether respondent Walter Schopf established by a preponderance of evidence that a tumor in his right hand was work related.

Walter Schopf was employed by Red Owl Stores, Inc., for approximately 15 years. His duties included opening an average of 200 cartons of groceries each day and stamping price marks on the contents of each carton, usually 24 cans or boxes. The stamper used by…