Northwestern National Insurance v. Weast

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellee sustained a back injury which required surgery for ruptured discs. The Workman’s Compensation Commission, in affirming a referee’s opinion, found that appellee had not suffered her alleged compensable claim during her employment with appellant Bearden Enterprises; also, that appellee’s disability was the result of a non-compensable injury caused by appellee’s fall in her yard. On appeal the Circuit Court held there was no substantial evidence to support the finding of the Commission and that appellants’ counsel had waived the right to cross-examine claimant’s…