Coleman v. Emily Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Based upon a finding that the claimant’s anxiety and depression were associated with his work-related back injury and his employer’s failure to promptly provide medical care for the injury, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that expenses incurred for treating the anxiety and depression were compensable. Reversing a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) that had affirmed the award, the Court of Appeals determined that the mental conditions were not a direct result of the back injury and concluded that because they did. not come within the definition…