VanWagner v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Tom Glaze, Justice.

We take this case on review from the court of appeals. On November 17, 1994, Appellant Brenda VanWagner, an employee of Wal-Mart, sustained a compensable injury to her right shoulder while at work. Wal-Mart began paying benefits on December 12,1994, and made its last payment the same month. She eventually had surgery to repair the injury. Van-Wagner filed a Workers’ Compensation Commission Form AR-C requesting benefits on December 19, 1994, just one month after her injury. In that form, she requested “initial benefits” — temporary total disability benefits, permanent…