Allen v. Industrial Commission

DURHAM, Justice:

Claimant Robert A. Allen seeks a review from the Industrial Commission’s denial of his motion for review of an administrative law judge order denying him compensation for a back injury sustained at work. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand.

On November 23, 1982, the claimant, aged 36, was employed as night manager of Kent’s Foods. The claimant testified to the following version of events at a hearing before an administrative law judge. The claimant was working in a confined cooler in the store stacking crates, containing four to six gallons1 of milk, from the…