Sather v. SAIF Corp.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant, now deceased, sought benefits for a work-related injury. SAIF, the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier, accepted a claim for a lumbar strain. Claimant subsequently sought acceptance of a combined condition, which SAIF accepted but then denied on the ground that the accepted injury was no longer the major contributing cause of the combined condition. The Workers’ Compensation Board upheld SAIF’s denial, and claimant sought judicial review.1

SAIF has notified us that, while the petition for judicial review was under advisement,…