Beam v. Floyd's Creek Baptist Church

COZORT, Judge.

Defendants appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission affirming an award of attorney’s fees based on the Commissioner’s finding that the claim was defended without reasonable grounds. We affirm.

On 11 December 1987, claimant Kathryn Beam, aged 57, was employed as a secretary for defendant Floyd’s Creek Baptist Church. Her duties included bookkeeping and preparing the weekly bulletin and payroll. On that date, the church’s pastor, The Reverend James C. Diehl, asked claimant to help him carry a three-foot-long, 75-pound spotlight up a flight of stairs to a balcony. Claimant…