Crocker v. Home Insurance Co.

YELVERTON, Judge.

This is a suit by the appellant for worker’s compensation benefits based on disability resulting from a ruptured disc. The trial court dismissed the case, finding that the ruptured disc first discovered on February 17, 1981, and surgically removed on August 24, 1981, was not caused by the accident suffered by appellant on the job on September 30, 1980. We reverse and award bene*1281fits. We find that the trial court’s conclusion regarding causation was clearly wrong.

The accident was not disputed. Nor was the ruptured disc. The focus of attention at the trial was causation and this…