Daniel v. Firestone Building Products

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The appellant in this workers’ compensation case filed a claim after he slipped and was injured while pulling extremely heavy sheets of rubber over rollers in the course of his employment with the appellee. The Commission denied the claim because it found no evidence to satisfy the “objective findings” requirement of Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-102(5)(D) (Repl. 1996). For reversal, the appellant contends that the Commission erred in concluding that the medical evidence was not based on objective findings. We agree, and we reverse.

“Objective findings” are defined at Ark. Code…