Philip Morris Tobacco Co. v. Levan

PALMORE, Judge.

Philip Morris Tobacco Company, its workmen’s compensation insurance carrier, and the Workmen’s Compensation Board appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court which set aside an order of the board denying compensation benefits to the appellee, Virginia Levan, and substituted an award for permanent total disability.

Mrs. Levan was a production line employee of the tobacco company. Her job consisted of taking trays from a conveyor, filling them with tobacco, and then placing them in “makers.” She was required to lift trays weighing from 35 to 40 pounds to a height above…