Wal-Mart v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case the respondent insurance carrier takes issue with the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ’s) resolution of conflicting testimony and questions whether a physician’s assistant is qualified to testify as an expert.

The facts, taken in the light most favorable to affirming the award, are as follows. On February 17, 1993, Patrick Power was injured during the course of his employment with Wal-Mart when a Coke machine he was helping to move upstairs slipped, pinning him beneath it. He filed a claim for workers’ compensation and the…