Mendoza v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying compensation. She filed a claim for compensation after she began to experience pain in her back and neck while working at a plant nursery. SAIF denied the claim and the referee and Board affirmed that denial. We find that claimant has met her burden to prove that the claim is compensable and reverse.

Claimant worked at Mitsch Nursery from August, 1979, to May, 1980. The work required bending, lifting, digging cuttings while on her knees and lifting pots weighing as much as 40 pounds. She testified that she sometimes…