Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Skinner

Felton, Chief Judge.

The burden of establishing the causal connection between the accident and the alleged injury was upon the claimant. Wilcox v. Shepherd Dumber Corp., 80 Ga. App. 71 (55 SE2d 382); Harper v. National Traffic Guard Co., 73 Ga. App. 385, 387 (36 SE2d 842). The principal evidence introduced by the claimant to carry this burden consisted of his own testimony, that he had hurt his leg on May 27 while pushing down a frame which was hard to push and Dr. Huff’s testimony that such an injury could have been caused by his pushing on the pedal. Most of his evidence was contradicted by…