Crest Products v. Louise

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• holding that lay testimony alone was insufficient to support finding of causation where medical conditions-leg and low back pain related to acute lumbar disk herniation-were not readily observable
• finding that pain in the “low back . . . is not the result of a ‘readily observable’ medical condition” and thus expert testimony was required to establish causation
• “Lay testimony is legally insufficient to support a finding of causation where the medical condition involved is not readily observable.” (quotation omitted and alteration adopted)
• lay testimony alone was insufficient to support finding of causation where medical conditions — leg and low back pain related to acute lumbar disk herniation — were not readily observable
• because the claimant's pain in her low back and leg were not the result of any readily observable medical condition, the claimant was obliged to present expert medical evidence establishing a causal connection between her employment and the condition complained of

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