SMITH v. STAN HOUSTON EQUIPMENT CO.

No. 26590.

836 N.W.2d 647 (2013)

2013 S.D. 65

Cameron SMITH, Claimant and Appellant, v. STAN HOUSTON EQUIPMENT CO., Employer and Appellee, and United Fire & Casualty Co., Insurer and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Simpson of Julius & Simpson, LLP, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for claimant and appellant.

Michael S. McKnight , Matthew D. Murphy of Boyce, Greenfield, Pashby & Welk, LLP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellees.


KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this workers' compensation case, a claimant appeals the Department of Labor's ruling that the claimant failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his employment was a major contributing cause of his current condition and need for treatment. The circuit court affirmed but modified the Department's decision.

Background

[¶ 2.] Cameron Smith, age fifty-three, has worked for over ten years as a diesel...

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