STANDARD DISTRIBUTING CO. v. NALLY


630 A.2d 640 (1993)

STANDARD DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, Through its Workers' Compensation Carrier, PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURER'S ASSOCIATION INSURANCE COMPANY, Employer-Appellee Below, Appellant, v. Robert NALLY, Claimant-Appellee Below, Appellee, and Standard Distributing Company, Through its Workers' Compensation Carrier, Northbrook Property & Casualty Company, Employer-Appellant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. Julian (argued), J.R. Julian, P.A., Wilmington, for employer-appellee below, appellant Standard Distributing Co. through Pennsylvania Manufacturer's Ass'n Ins. Co.

Sidney Balick (argued), Wilmington, for claimant-appellee below, appellee Robert Nally.

George B. Heckler, Jr. (argued), and John J. Klusman, Jr., Heckler & Cattie, Wilmington, for employer-appellant below, appellee Standard Distributing Co. through Northbrook Property & Cas. Co.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH and HOLLAND, JJ.


WALSH, Justice:

In this appeal from the Superior Court, we address the vexing question of successive carrier responsibility for alleged recurrence of a previous injury resulting in a claim for workers' compensation. The Superior Court, in reversing the Industrial Accident Board, ruled that, as a matter of law, a recurring injury resulting from the performance of normal employment duties constitutes a new injury for which...

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