Humphrey v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The issues in this worker’s compensation case are 1) whether claimant’s epididymitis is compensable and 2) if so, whether the period for which temporary total disability was awarded was correctly assessed.

Claimant was injured in a car accident November 30, 1979, while he and his employer were traveling to a job site. He was thrown from the vehicle and suffered multiple contusions and bruises to the hip and back area. The State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) accepted responsibility for medical treatment resulting from those injuries but denied that claimant’s epididymitis was causally related…