Beattie v. Ebbels

Claimant has been employed as office manager in a doctor’s office since 1965. She suffered a compensable injury on February 25, 1981 which resulted in an award for a permanent partial disability. At the time of her original employment, her employer, a doctor, was aware that she had previously been operated on for a herniated disc. However, the record demonstrates that she satisfactorily performed all her duties and never complained of any difficulties in the performance thereof.

The issue presented is whether claimant’s employer possessed the requisite knowledge of a preexisting permanent…