Lanthrip v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

THOMPSON, Judge.1

Ruth Lanthrip sued her employer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., seeking to recover workers’ compensation benefits for an on-the-job injury to her left foot. After conducting an ore tenus hearing, the trial court, on July 31, 2000, entered a judgment in which it, among other things, found that Lan-thrip had suffered no loss of earning capacity and determined that Lanthrip had suffered a 2% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. Lanthrip filed a postjudgment motion; the trial court denied that motion. Lanthrip appealed.

The Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala.…