Conagra, Inc. v. Calhoun

CRAWLEY, Judge.

In this workmen’s compensation case, the employer appeals from the trial court’s finding that the employee had suffered a permanent total disability. We affirm.

Irene H. Calhoun (the “worker”) filed a complaint for workmen’s compensation benefits against ConAgra, Inc. (the “company”), as the result of an injury that occurred on March IS, 1991,1 while she was bent over a conveyor line vaccinating chickens. While bent over, she felt a sharp burning sensation in her lower back, and she later was diagnosed with a herniated disc.

A trial was held on September 8,1992, and 17 days later…