Branscum v. RNR Construction Co.

John E. Jennings, Judge.

The appellant, Richard Brans-cum, was a general contractor and manager of RNR Construction Company, a heating and air conditioning business. At the time of the hearing below he was thirty-one years old. On May 9, 1994, he was working in Blytheville, Arkansas, when he fell approximately thirty-five feet from a “bucket truck.” He sustained back and internal injuries. A bone scan of Mr. Branscum’s back was normal. Dr. Ed Pratt, an orthopaedic surgeon, diagnosed his condition as chronic low-back pain and leg pain and concluded that the condition was “non-operative.” Dr.…