Sacred Heart Medical Center v. Carrado

Plaintiff Sacred Heart Medical Center appeals a judgment after a jury verdict holding that the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals correctly determined that defendant's hepatitis was an occupational disease.

Defendant Norma Carrado was employed at Sacred Heart Medical Center from approximately September 1971 to June 1973 and was continuously employed in the intensive care unit for the 6 months preceding discovery that she had contracted hepatitis. The intensive care unit includes general intensive care, postoperative heart recovery and acute kidney dialysis treatment. Mrs. Carrado's duties…