State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Griffith

SAIF appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that found claimant’s worsened psychological condition compensable. We reverse.

All members of the Board concluded that claimant was not in reality subjected to any form of harassment or discrimination in connection with her work. The Board stated:

“Contrary to the referee’s finding that part of the harassment which claimant believed she was suffering at work was real, substantial and deliberate, we find that the overwhelming majority of this harassment was merely imagined. The medical evidence is nearly unanimous in this regard, and…