GOLD KIST, INC. v. Porter

PITTMAN, Judge.

Gold Kist, Inc. (“the employer”), appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court that, among other things, determined Denise Porter (“the employee”) to have suffered a cumulative-stress injury (i.e., carpal tunnel syndrome) in the course of her employment with the employer and awarding her permanent-partial-disability benefits under the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act, § 25-5-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 (“the Act”). Because the trial court correctly determined that benefits pursuant to the Act were due to be awarded, but erred in failing to award benefits based upon the…