Desert Insulations, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

EUBANK, Judge.

The respondent-employee Alvin Markham sustained an industrial injury on November 7, 1978, when he fell off a sawhorse and suffered a cervical (neck) sprain. He was treated conservatively by his attending physician, Howard Johnston, M.D., who eventually concluded that respondent’s condition was stationary with a permanent impairment resulting from the injury. The petitioner-carrier, however, issued a notice of claim status terminating temporary benefits with no permanent impairment based on the report of Robert A. Johnson, M.D. A request for a hearing was filed by the…