Simmons v. Fayette Cotton Mill, Inc.

WRIGHT, Presiding Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

Claimant, Billy Joe Simmons, age forty-eight, was last employed by employer Fa-yette Cotton Mill as a section man or “fixer” which means he was responsible for maintaining a certain amount of frames. While at work on December 14, 1977, claimant stepped on a piece of chalk and “turned his ankle over,” but finished working his shift. The following night he went to the emergency room at Fayette Hospital. His foot was X-rayed. There being no broken bones, an ace bandage was wrapped on his ankle. His ankle worsened and Dr. Peacock put a…