Colonial Stores, Inc. v. Hambrick

Benham, Judge.

Appellant Colonial Stores, Inc., formerly employed appellee in one of its Big Star supermarkets. For the last three months of his employment, appellee worked as a frozen foods clerk, but on December 11, 1981, he was forced to leave work due to the worsening of his pre-existing pulmonary disease. He alleged that his condition was aggravated by his work duties, which required him to move frozen foods into and out of a large freezer. Appellee applied for and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits, and the award was upheld by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation and the…