State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Luhrs

SAIF appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s opinion and order determining that claimant’s carpal tunnel syndrome is a compensable occupational disease for which SAIF’s insured, Northwest Scientific, Inc., is responsible. Although we believe the Board applied an erroneous rule of law in reaching its result, we affirm.

Claimant has been a welder since 1968; between 1968 and 1976, he welded on either a full or part-time basis. Between 1976 and 1980, claimant was employed continuously as a full-time welder. In the fall of 1976, he began working for…