LENT, Justice.
The issue in this workers' compensation case is whether the employer is required to pay benefits to a claimant for worsening of the worker's condition where the worsening is the result of both an original compensable back injury and a subsequent off-the-job back injury.
Background
The claimant suffered a back injury on February 21, 1978, while lifting heavy blocks of wood in his employer's mill. His claim under the workers'...
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