Hollar Oil Co. v. Bryant

HORNSBY, Chief Justice.

The circuit court awarded Leonard Bryant workers’ compensation benefits. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the judgment for Bryant. We have granted.Bryant’s petition for certiorari review. We reverse the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals.

Bryant was a truck driver for Hollar Oil Company. On August 24,1988, Bryant, then 59 years old, was injured when he slipped on some spilled diesel fuel while fueling his truck. As a result of slipping, Bryant suffered a groin-area injury. Although his right testicle was already atrophied because of a previous illness, the slip…