O'NEAL v. Sisters of Providence

The Sisters of Providence, operators of St. Vincent Hospital (employer), appeal from a circuit court order affirming a Workmen’s Compensation Board order. The Board reversed a hearings referee and held that claimant was entitled to compensation for leg muscle problems which were attributed in part to her employment.

The essence of employer’s position is that claimant’s claim is not compensable because it is not work-related or because it represented the continuation of a condition for which a claim was accepted and closed by a determination order, dated June 7, 1972, which did not award any…