Cowart v. Ara Transportation, Inc.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Cowart, a plumber employed by the Georgia Institute of Technology, was injured when the van in which he was sitting was struck from the rear by a truck operated by appellee Terrell, an employee of appellee ARA Transportation, Inc. Cowart thereafter experienced pain in his back, neck, and legs, which did not appreciably improve in response to conservative treatment by several physicians. Appellant was referred to Dr. Exum Walker, a neurosurgeon, who, after the exercise and therapy he initially prescribed produced little improvement, performed a two-step spinal…