Split Court Upholds Rejection of Sole Expert Opinion on Causation

A divided Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a bus driver for a shoulder injury, finding the Workers' Compensation Commission had not arbitrarily disregarded the opinion of the only medical expert to testify as to causation. Case: Lonoke Exceptional School v. Coffman, No. CV-18-534, 02/13/2019, published. Facts: Don Coffman worked for the Lonoke Exceptional School as a bus driver. In April 2017, he fell in a gravel parking lot and injured his left shoulder. Coffman underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan that revealed a tear in the shoulder. Coffman later...