AR Court: Denied AOE/COE Requires All Evidence

Division II of the Arkansas Court of Appeals rejected a determination that a claimant's hernia was not compensable where relevant portions of the record were not fully considered. In Hickson v. Southern Refrigerated Transport, No. CA04-864, 03/09/2005, Hickson, a tractor-trailer driver for Southern Refrigerated Transport (SRT), was injured while disconnecting his truck from the trailer when a jack handle spun into his groin. He was admitted to the emergency ward of the hospital three days later and was diagnosed with a right inguinal hernia. SRT's claims manager, Brown, testified that when...