WESTERGREN v. BAPTIST HOSP. OF WINNER

Nos. 19341, 19348 and 19349.

549 N.W.2d 390 (1996)

1996 SD 69

Geneva M. WESTERGREN, Employee, Claimant and Appellant, v. BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF WINNER, Employer, Defendant and Appellee, and Wausau and Phico Insurance Companies, Its Insurers and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean M. Massa of Jensen and Massa, Winner, for appellant.

Susan Jansa Brunick and Sandra K. Hoglund of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for appellee Hospital and Phico Ins. Co.

Daniel R. Fritz of Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, Sioux Falls, for appellee Wausau Ins.


GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1] Geneva Westergren, Claimant, appeals from a circuit court's order that her back condition was not caused by a workplace accident and that she failed to prove her carpal tunnel injury arose out of and in the course of her employment. We affirm in part and reverse in part and remand to the circuit court with instructions.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2] In April 1989, Geneva Westergren (Claimant) was hired by Baptist...

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