Davis v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

OPINION

DROWOTA,

delivered the opinion of the Court,

in which ANDERSON, C.J., BIRCH, HOLDER and BARKER, JJ., joined.

In this workers’ compensation ease, the employee, Pauline Davis, has appealed from the trial court’s judgment denying her claim for benefits filed against her employer, DeRoyal Industries, Inc. The employee, who worked as a sewing machine operator, was overcome by noxious fumes which she alleges caused a mental injury. On a subsequent occasion the em ployee injured her shoulder. The trial court awarded benefits for the shoulder injury but denied benefits for the mental injury. The…