Lang Pools v. McIntosh

The employer/carrier appeals a workers’ compensation order finding that the trauma suffered by claimant was a causative contributing factor to an aseptic necrosis of her hip. We remand for clarification.

The claimant testified by deposition that she injured her hip while picking up jugs of chlorine. The accident was similarly described by Dr. Kriz, who deposed that such a simple act, even if performed on a repeated basis, would not set the stage for a vascular necrosis of the femoral head. According to Dr. Kriz, the cause of claimant’s condition is related to her use of birth control pills and…