This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on January 15, 2003. With respect to the disputed issues before him, the hearing officer determined that the respondent (claimant) sustained a compensable repetitive trauma injury to both of his knees with a date of injury of ____________, and had disability as a result of this compensable injury from January 9, 2002, through January 15, 2003 (the date of the CCH). The appellant (carrier) appeals on sufficiency of the evidence grounds. The claimant responds, urging that the hearing officer be affirmed.
DECISION
Affirmed.
The hearing officer did not err in determining that the claimant sustained a compensable injury on ____________, and had disability from January 9, 2002, through January 15, 2003, as a result of said compensable injury. The claimant testified that he injured his bilateral knees while working on an assembly line for the employer. The medical records introduced support the claimant’s allegations. The carrier presented conflicting evidence on both the compensability and the disability issues. Under the 1989 Act, the hearing officer is the sole judge of the weight and credibility of the evidence. Section 410.165(a). The hearing officer was acting within his province as the fact finder in resolving the evidence in favor of the claimant and nothing in our review of the record demonstrates that the hearing officer’s determination is so against the great weight of the evidence as to be clearly wrong or manifestly unjust. Pool v. Ford Motor Company, 715 S.W.2d 629, 635 (Tex. 1986); Cain v. Bain, 709 S.W.2d 175, 176 (Tex. 1986).
The hearing officer’s decision and order is affirmed.
The true corporate name of the insurance carrier is INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA and the name and address of its registered agent for service of process is
CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY
800 BRAZOS, SUITE 750, COMMODORE 1
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701.
Terri Kay Oliver – Appeals Judge
CONCUR:
Gary L. Kilgore – Appeals Judge
Thomas A. Knapp – Appeals Judge