American Cyanamid v. Shepherd

This is a workmen's compensation case.

In 1984, Shepherd suffered an on-the-job injury, which required a number of stitches to his hand. He missed no time from work but was given lighter duties for three months. He received full pay for the lighter work. American Cyanamid paid his medical expenses.

In 1990, the scar on Shepherd's hand began to bother him and, on February 5, 1991, he consulted a doctor. The doctor recommended a course of treatment with antibiotics and, if that did not work, then surgery to remove what the doctor suspected might be a foreign body in the old wound. Again, Shepherd…