Dillard Department Stores, Inc. v. Beckwith

*374OPINION

By the Court,

Leavitt, J. :

Deloris Beckwith, sixty-four years of age, was a twenty-five-year employee of Dillard Department Stores (Dillard) and an area sales manager for nineteen years. She injured her back at work and filed a workers’ compensation claim. Dillard is a self-insured employer. Beckwith was asked to return to work, but her doctor refused to release her because of her condition. When Beckwith failed to return to work, Dillard filled her job with another manager. Upon her return, Beckwith was demoted to an entry-level sales position with a forty-percent reduction in salary…