Laboratory Corp. of America v. Hunter Smith

Summary

The court affirmed the award of permanent partial disability benefits for Smith's work-related back injury and psychological impairment. It held that the ALJ could rely on the psychological impairment rating despite its conditional MMI assessment and could credit portions of the competing medical opinions concerning the back injury. The court concluded that the parties merely sought reweighing of evidence and had not shown that the ALJ's findings were clearly erroneous or unsupported by substantial evidence.