Allen v. Graphic Packaging International, Inc.

CARAWAY (ad hoc), J.

liThe workers’ compensation judge (“WCJ”) awarded benefits to the employee after finding that he had succeeded in his burden of proving that a work-related mosquito bite infected him with the West Nile virus which resulted in total and permanent disability. The defendant attempted to show that the large outbreak of the West Nile virus at the time demonstrated that plaintiff could not prove a work-related injury. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

Facts

Appellee Michael Allen worked as an assistant operator at Graphic Packaging International,…