McCoy v. Wrangler, Inc.

MONROE, Judge.

Paulette McCoy sued her employer, Wrangler, Inc., seeking to recover workers’ compensation benefits she claimed she was owed because, she said, she developed carpal tunnel syndrome working for Wrangler. After a hearing, the trial court found that McCoy’s bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome was not caused by her employment, and it entered a judgment in favor of Wrangler. McCoy appeals.

McCoy alleges that her injury occurred in March 1994; therefore, the new Workers’ Compensation Act applies. The standard of review this court must apply in cases under the new Act is derived from § 25…