Howe v. Choctaw Emergency Management Services

CRAWLEY, Judge.

Willis Hull Howe sued his employer, Choctaw Emergency Management Services (“Choctaw EMS”), seeking to recover workers’ compensation benefits for an injury he sustained to his lower back on October 18, 1995, and which he claimed occurred during the course of his employment. At trial, the parties stipulated that Howe had suffered a work-related injury and that he was permanently partially disabled. The parties disagreed, however, about whether Howe’s disability was related to his accident at work. The trial court determined that Howe’s disability was “not related to his…