Universal Foods Corp. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

This is an appeal from a worker's compensation award. Barbara Damato began working for the Universal Foods Corporation in 1983. Her pay, seniority, and conditions of employment were covered by a union labor agreement. Damato operated a packaging machine that required repetitive motions. Due to these motions, she suffered a compensable injury to her left wrist on November 15, 1984, for which she received worker's compensation and disability payments. Also on November 15, 1984, she was laid off due to lack of work, as was appropriate for her seniority status under the union contract. Her…