Buckeye Cotton Oil v. McCoy

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This Workers’ Compensation claim arises from an injury sustained by the claimant at work when a door handle struck her in the groin. After the claimant had suffered intermittent physical disabilities for some months, surgery disclosed that she had dermatopathic lymphadenitis, a condition characterized by swollen lymph glands. Upon conflicting medical opinions the Commission found that the claimant had failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that her condition arose out of her employment.

In appealing to the Court of Appeals the claimant argued only that…