Western Employers Insurance v. Foster

Claimant experienced an incident involving his back while working at Quiet Valley Veneer (Quiet Valley) in 1983. He filed a claim with Western, Quiet Valley’s insurer, seeking benefits for an injury, and also filed an aggravation claim with Wausau, insurer for his previous employer, alleging that the incident was an aggravation of a compensable 1973 injury. Both insurers denied the claim, but Wausau voluntarily began paying benefits for temporary total disability and also paid for vocational assistance.

The referee and the Board held that claimant had a new injury and that Western was…