MIN-ARK PALLET CO., INC. v. Lindsey

John F. Stroud, Jr., Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Appellant, Min-Ark Pallet Company, Inc., is the employer. Appellee, Michael Lindsey, is the claimant. Appellee’s job involved lifting heavy wooden pallets. He sustained a hernia for which he filed a claim with the Commission, contending that the injury arose out of and in the course of his employment. Appellant opposed the claim, asserting that the injury did not happen on the job and that it did not satisfy the requirements of Arkansas Code Annotated section 11-9-523 (Repl. 1996), which deals specifically with hernias. The…