Malcom v. La-Z-Boy Midwest Chair Co.

PREWITT, Presiding Judge.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission reversed the administrative law judge and entered an award in favor of claimant. The Commission found that his back was injured by an “abnormal strain” caused by several hours of “twisting and turning”. The circuit court affirmed the award. Appellants contend that the evidence was insufficient to find that claimant sustained an accident as a result of an abnormal strain; that the Commission erred in finding that claimant gave sufficient notice to his employer of the injury; and the Commission erred in determining that…