EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY OF ALABAMA v. Wright

Hall, Judge.

1. The appellants contend that there was no evidence to support the board’s award and the evidence demanded a finding that any disability suffered by the claimant since the previous award was not caused by any injury she received in the accident upon which that award was based.

The effect of the physician’s testimony at the first hearing was that, while the claimant should no longer be disabled because of her physical injury caused by the accident (a rape), the emotional trauma could still affect her and be disabling. The hearing director and board found that her disability from…