Daugherty v. Red Lobster

ERVIN, Judge.

Appellant, Juanita Daugherty, seeks review of a compensation order denying her workers’ compensation benefits based upon a finding that appellant’s back injury was a result of the natural progression of a preexisting back condition, rather than the result of repetitive trauma connected with her employment. We agree with appellant that there is an absence of competent, substantial evidence to support the judge’s order and therefore reverse and remand.

Appellant, a 52-year-old woman, was, at all times material hereto, employed by Red Lobster as a waitress. In 1983 she suffered a…