A-16-625, Kenneth Alire (Appellant) v. Harris Davis Rebar, LLC, and Zurich American Insurance (Appellants)
Workers' Compensation Court, Judge John R. Hoffert
Attorney for Appellant: Patrick Mack (McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A.)
Attorney for Appellee: Mark P. Grell (Miller Grell Law Group, P.C., L.L.O.)
Workers' Compensation Action: Psychological Injury
Action Taken by Trial Court: The trial court found that Alire sustained psychological injury as a result of a work event and held that Alire was entitled to temporary total disability benefits.
Assignments of Error on Appeal: The Appellants argue that the trial court erred in finding that: (1) Alire sustained a psychological injury as a result of a work event; (2) the traumatic, violent events in Alire's personal life did not act as an independent intervening events breaking the causal connection between the work event and Alire's ongoing psychological disability; and (3) Alire was temporarily and totally disabled due to his psychological injuries.