Nordstrom, Inc. v. Gaul

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that affirmed the referee and held that claimant’s injury was a material contributing cause of his psychological condition and, therefore, that that condition was compensable. We affirm.

The Board adopted the referee’s findings. On July 25, 1987, claimant injured his back at work. He could not thereafter perform the same tasks. Employer accepted the injury claim. On April 27, 1988, a determination order awarded claimant time loss benefits and permanent partial disability for the injury.

During roughly the same period, claimant was…