Long v. Martin Timber Co.

MARVIN, Judge.

From a judgment awarding worker’s compensation benefits for total and permanent disability to claimant, the employer appeals, contending that the employee’s disability ended some five months following her accidental injury. The sole issue is whether the trial court was clearly wrong in weighing the medical evidence. We affirm.

The claimant, Mrs. Long, sustained an injury to her lower back when she lifted a wooden box while at work on May 30, 1978. She saw her employer’s local physician who referred her to a Shreveport orthopedist (Dr. Edwards) for treatment. Dr. Edwards saw her…