Kerr v. Magic Chef, Inc.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

This workers’ compensation case involves an employee who sustained an injury to a scheduled member, which in turn caused psychological problems. The trial court held that the employee was restricted in her recovery to the scheduled member and could not recover for an injury to the body as a whole. We reverse and remand for a determination of the permanent disability to the body as a whole.

Plaintiff, Lillian Kerr, worked for Defendant, Magic Chef, when her hand was severely injured in a mechanical press on 16 January 1987. Three of her fingers were partially amputated.…