Hing v. Richard Electric Supply Co.

WENTWORTH, Judge.

We reverse the judge of industrial claims’ order which denied compensability in this case because we conclude no competent, substantial evidence supports his finding that appellant’s hernias were not caused by his industrial accident.

Hing was hospitalized for back pain occurring during his operation of a forklift in February 1978. Emergency-room records did not indicate complaints of abdominal tenderness the day of the accident; instead, he was diagnosed as suffering lumbosacral strain. Two days after the accident, however, while still in the hospital and in traction,…