Hayes v. Hudson Foods, Inc.

SHRUM, Presiding Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, the employee Garey D. Hayes appeals from the Final Award entered by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denying him compensation.

The issue is whether there is sufficient evidence to support the Commission’s finding that the claimant was not entitled to benefits because his left arm carpal tunnel syndrome was not work related and was not an occupational disease. An underlying issue is whether the Commission committed prejudicial error by admitting evidence of lack of other incidents of carpal tunnel syndrome affecting other…