Lovelace v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This is a worker’s compensation case. The plaintiff received an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment as a “stacker” at defendant’s plant in Shelby County on February 22, 1979, when his right foot became caught in an hydraulic stacking machine resulting in a painful injury in the area of his right ankle and foot. The employer immediately furnished medical care for the plaintiff’s injured right foot and leg and this treatment continued from the date of the accident until November 19, 1979, at which time the plaintiff reached his maximum…