Mississippi Employment Security Commission v. Woods

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court.

FACTS

¶ 1. Benny Woods was employed as a bag stacker by Hood Packaging Company (HPC) from June 18, 2001, to December 15, 2004. In April 2004, Woods injured his wrist while working at HPC. Following his injury, Woods visited a physician, Dr. Thomas, and was placed on “light duty” status. After working “light duty” for several weeks and visiting two more doctors, Woods was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and began therapy for same. At this point HPC informed Woods that no more light duty jobs were available and placed him on medical leave on May 19, 2004. Woods…