This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held on July 10, 2001. The hearing officer resolved the disputed issues by determining that the respondent (claimant) sustained a compensable injury on __________, and that the claimant had disability beginning on October 31, 2000, and continuing through the date of the hearing. The appellant (self-insured) appealed, and there was no response from the claimant.
DECISION
Affirmed.
The hearing officer did not err in determining that the claimant sustained a compensable injury and that he had disability. The self-insured essentially disputes the weight given to certain evidence. The hearing officer is the sole judge of the weight and credibility of the evidence. Section 410.165(a). There was conflicting evidence presented on the disputed issues. The hearing officer resolved the conflicts and inconsistencies in the evidence in favor of the claimant and he was acting within his role as fact finder in determining that the claimant sustained his burden of proof on both issues. Nothing in our review of the record indicates that the challenged determinations are so against the great weight of the evidence as to be clearly wrong or manifestly unjust. Accordingly, no sound basis exists for us to disturb those determinations on appeal. Pool v. Ford Motor Company, 715 S.W.2d 629, 635 (Tex. 1986); Cain v. Bain, 709 S.W.2d 175, 176 (Tex. 1986).
We affirm the hearing officer’s decision and order.
The true corporate name of the insurance carrier is DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and the name and address of its registered agent for service of process is:
MIKE MOSSES
3700 ROSS
DALLAS, TEXAS 75204.
Susan M. Kelley – Appeals Judge
CONCUR:
Gary L. Kilgore – Appeals Judge
Robert W. Potts – Appeals Judge