Court Upholds Denial of School Employee's Wrist Injury Claim

The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a school district employee’s claim of injury to her wrist. Krista Wilson worked for the Saint Helens School District as a special education paraprofessional. She suffered injuries at work in October 2017 when a student grabbed her wrist and twisted it. The district accepted liability for a cervical strain and left trapezius strain. In the months that followed the incident, Wilson began to complain that pain in her wrist was her main issue. Doctors determined that she had an ulnar positive variant, a congenital abnormality. In December ...