Clifton Dale Crays v. PSL North America

BARNES, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Clifton Dale Crays had a work-related accident on September 25, 2013. Although his employer, PSL North America, and its carrier, Berkley National Insurance Company (Appellees), compensated Crays for his neck injury, they denied compensability for his lower back/lumbar condition, claiming it was pre-existing and not causally related to the accident. After a hearing, the Mississippi Worker's Compensation Commission's (the Commission) administrative judge (AJ) determined that Crays's lumbar injury "arose out of and in the course of his employment." On appeal, the…