Tarver v. Garan, Inc.

MILLER, Judge.

Plaintiff Anoncial Tarver appeals the dismissal of her workmen’s compensation claim against her employer defendant Gar-an, Inc. and its insurer. The trial court held she failed to establish a connection between the second degree burn and the hernia of old scar tissue which was repaired nine months later. We affirm.

Mrs. Tarver was 45 years old and classified as obese. At the time of the accident, she had two surgical scars resulting from surgeries — one about seventeen years before and the other about five years before. One surgical scar was in the area- (three inch by three…