McCurry v. Gold Kist, Inc.

THIGPEN, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

Eugene McCurry, III, a twenty-four-year-old male with a ninth-grade education, was employed by Gold Kist, Inc., as a laborer. McCurry filed a complaint against Gold Kist in October 1990, alleging that he had contracted an occupational disease as a result of handling condemned chicken parts in his employment with Gold Kist. Gold Kist denied that McCurry’s condition was work-related. The trial court found that although McCurry “is totally disabled and has totally and completely lost the ability to earn a living,” he did not prove that his…