Cox v. Labor Commission

Amended Opinion 1

POHLMAN, Judge:

¶ 1 Petitioner Lavon G. Cox seeks judicial review of the denial of his workers’ compensation claim. We conclude that the Labor Commission did not apply the correct medical causation standard. We therefore set aside the Commission’s order and direct it to reconsider Cox’s claim under the correct legal standard.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 In 2013 Cox worked as a maintenance mechanic for Respondent St. George Truss Company. On May 7, 2013, while removing an 80-pound brake drum from a semi truck, Cox “felt a burning, popping sensation” in his back. He “dropped the drum and sunk…