Bailey v. Walker Regional Medical Center

The plaintiff, Holline Bailey, appeals from a judgment on a workmen's compensation claim in which the trial court awarded benefits to her based upon a permanent partial disability. She also appeals from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Walker Regional Medical Center, on a retaliatory discharge claim. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Bailey worked for Walker Regional as an aide in the hospital's dietary department. She alleges that on August 11, 1991, she injured her neck and back while pushing a seven-foot-tall galvanized steel food cart. Bailey testified…