Brafford v. Brafford's Construction Co.

WYNN, Judge.

In 1991, the Industrial Commission approved as compensable plaintiff Jerry M. Brafford’s claim for a back injury of 18 November 1990, arising out of and in the course of his employment with defendant Brafford’s Construction Company. Several months thereafter, defendant-carrier Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., requested that the compensation payments be stopped. Plaintiff responded by requesting a hearing; subsequently, he amended that request to indicate that he also suffered a brain injury in the 18 November 1990 accident.

At the hearing before Deputy Commissioner Richard B. Ford,…