Ellis v. J.D. & Billy Hines Trucking, Inc.

D.P. Marshall, Judge.

Ronnie Ellis was involved in an automobile accident while driving a truck for J.D. & Billy Hines Trucking, Inc. Ellis swerved to avoid an oncoming car; his truck’s brakes locked up; and the truck skidded off the road, landing on its side. Ellis claimed that he injured his neck, left shoulder, and left knee in the accident. His employer accepted the neck injury as compensable, but refused to pay benefits for Ellis’s alleged shoulder and knee injuries. The Commission adopted the administrative law judge’s opinion and found that Ellis failed to prove that he suffered…