Mays v. Alumnitec, Inc.

Karen Baker, Judge.

Appellant, Angel Mays, brings this appeal from a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Commission. The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) denied appellant’s claim for compensation based on a lack of objective findings. The Commission affirmed the ALJ’s decision. On appeal, appellant argues that the Commission erred in determining that straight-leg-raising tests and range-of-motion tests were not objective findings for the purpose of determining compensability. We disagree.

Appellant was employed as a packer at Alumnitec on May 18, 2000, when she suffered an injury to her lower…