Bankhead Forest Industries, Inc. v. Lovett

This is a workmen's compensation case. Employee, Eunice Lovett, was injured on the job when a stack of lumber fell on her feet, causing nerve damage. Suit was filed against her employer, Bankhead Forest Industries, Inc., and trial was had ore tenus. The evidence at trial tended to show that employee, fifty-seven years of age with a sixth-grade education and no sales experience or business equipment experience, had suffered a tarsal tunnel syndrome in both feet. Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a condition caused by a compression of the nerves. Employee testified she is in much pain and is unable to…