Toler v. Black and Decker

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiff claims to have injured her neck on her job for defendant-employer on or about 16 August 1993, but did not report any neck injury to her supervisor or the plant nurse until 1 September 1993 at the earliest. There were no witnesses to the alleged injury. Plaintiff stated in a recorded interview that she did not start noticing problems until “just a few days later” than 16 August, when, in her words, “I had woke up and my neck [was] hurting like it was stiff like I had [a] cold in my neck.” Plaintiff continued working and made no mention of any neck problems to her doctor…