Worthington Industries v. Sanks

POPE, Presiding Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, we granted a discretionary appeal to Worthington Industries and its insurer, Continental Casualty Company (hereinafter “Worthington”). The ALJ found that claimant Jamie Sanks had aggravated a congenital back problem while working for Worthington in 1995, but also found that aggravation had resolved as of January 18, 1996. Holding that any continuing disability Sanks suffered after January 18 was not causally related to his on-the-job injury, the ALJ terminated benefits as of that date. The appellate division of the State Board of…