65 Ark. App. Substantial evidence is that which a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. The issue is not whether this court might have reached a different result from the Commission. Malone v. Texarkana Pub. If reasonable minds could reach the result found by the Commission, we must affirm the decision.
Appellants admit that they initially controverted appellee's temporary partial disability benefits.
The Commission found that when there is no dispute that the employer controverted benefits but then paid the benefits on which an attorney's fee is sought that the employee has established entitlement to an award of those benefits for purposes of the employee's attorney seeking an attorney's fee under Ark. Code Ann. We agree and hold that the Commission's findings are supported by substantial evidence. If appellee had not employed counsel to assist her in this matter, it is reasonable to conclude that her claim fortemporary partial disability benefits would not have been properly presented and protected. Appellants controverted appellee's claim to temporary partial disability benefits at a prehearing conference on October 20, 1998. Appellants did not agree to pay the temporary partial disability benefits until December 1998, a month before the scheduled hearing.