Truck Insurance Exchange v. CNA

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

[¶ 1.] Dodson Insurance Group (Dodson) appeals trial court orders holding it solely liable for all workers’ compensation benefits pertaining to work-related injuries sustained by Phyllis Kubal (Kubal) at the Yankton Medical Clinic. Kubal’s repetitive work activities eventually resulted in trapezium implants in both thumbs. The trial court discharged CNA and Truck Insurance Exchange (Truck) from liability. We affirm.

[¶ 2.] This is the second time this case has come before this Court. In Truck Ins. Exchange v. Kubal, 1997 SD 37, 561 N.W.2d 674, Truck petitioned for a…