Cagle Fabricating & Steel, Inc. v. Patterson

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

This is an'appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission which awarded compensation benefits to the claimant, Roger D. Patterson, upon a finding that he had sustained a work-related hernia. Appellant argues the decision is not supported by substantial evidence and is contrary to law.

The record contains evidence that on December 28, 1988, Patterson, a 29-year-old welder, was pulling a sixty-pound part from a jig when he felt a pulling sensation on his right testicle. He testified that he had a sudden flash of severe pain; that he stopped work and…