Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Wilson

Ellington, Judge.

The discretionary appeal in this workers’ compensation case was granted to determine if the superior court erred in reversing an award of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation. For the following reasons, we reverse.

In March 1996, after a full hearing, the administrative law judge determined that Wilson sustained a compensable injury in February or March 1994 “when the repetitive motion required by her trim saw operating job caused her to acquire [carpal] tunnel syndrome.” Notwithstanding this injury, from March 1994 to October 1994, Wilson continued to perform an unrelated…