Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Fowler

KING, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This workers’ compensation case comes before this Court as an appeal by the employer/carrier from the Circuit Court of Simpson County, which on December 6, 1996 affirmed the order of the Workers’ Compensation Commission. This case involves a prior back injury which was admittedly work related, followed by a subsequent back injury that led to this appeal. As the appellants’ brief points out, the case turns upon whether there was an intervening cause between the two injuries. The issues raised on appeal are: 1) whether Fowler’s injury in July of 1994 was related to…