Thompson v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

WALKER, Judge.

Plaintiff began working for defendant on 14 October 1991 cutting chicken wings at defendant’s Monroe, North Carolina plant. Plaintiff was terminated on 17 December 1991 for poor job performance. On 14 October 1992, plaintiff filed a Notice of Accident (I.C. Form 18) alleging that she had suffered an injury to her lower back as a result of “repetitive motion as [she] was performing [her] job of cutting chicken wings.” The Form 18 alleged that plaintiffs disability began on 15 October 1991, the day after she began working for defendant. Defendant denied liability, and on 10…