Stannard v. Stannard Co., Inc.

¶ 1. CNA Insurance Company (CNA) appeals a superior court order holding CNA, and not its successor insurers Peerless Insurance and Vermont Property and Casualty Insurance, liable for workers’ compensation benefits related to the osteoarthritic condition of claimant James Stannard’s right and left knees. Stannard, a plumber with the Stannard Company, suffered several injuries that aggravated and accelerated the underlying arthritic condition in his knees during the ten years that CNA carried the Stannard Company’s workers’ compensation insurance. The trial court held that Stannard’s continued…