Collett Electric v. Dubovik

OPINION

Respondent William Dubovik worked for appellant Collett Electric (Collett) for over five years, first as an electrician and then as a foreman. Dubovik experienced problems on the job with his right hand before he stopped working for Collett, but he did not go to a doctor or file an industrial insurance claim. About six weeks after leaving Collett and starting his own electrical contracting business, Dubovik’s hand worsened, prompting him to see a doctor and file an industrial insurance claim for cumulative trauma nerve entrapment syndrome.

Both the State Industrial Insurance System…