Arbaugh v. AG Processing, Inc.

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

On June 2, 2000, Appellant Kirby Arbaugh, an employee of AG Processing, Inc., was shocked with 440 volts of electricity when he attempted to turn on the electrical switch to a feed-bag line. Appellees AG Processing, Inc. and Specialty Risk Services accepted the June 2 incident as compensable and paid related medical benefits. Arbaugh claimed that he sustained a compensable organic-brain injury, 1 or in the alternative, a compensable psychological injury. Appellees controverted these claims and asserted that Arbaugh’s problems were psychological and preexisted…