Land & Marine Rental Co. v. Rawls

OPINION

HANSON, Superior Court Judge.

I

In this worker’s compensation case we consider whether certain medical reports meet the standard for substantial evidence such that the presumption of compensability can be dropped. 1

Mr. Rawls was an employee of Land & Marine Rental Company when he sustained a serious injury to his left foot. Mr. Rawls testified before the Workers’ Compensation Board [the “Board”] that on July 11, 1975, as he was attempting to roll a 2,000 pound pipe, set upon rollers, out from under a welding machine one end of the pipe left the rollers and bounced off the floor onto his…