Humphrey v. Faulkner Nursing Center

Sam Bird, Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission. Terry Humphrey, the appellant, was employed by Faulkner Nursing Center, appellee/ cross-appellant, on December 18, 1992, when she attempted to lift a patient back into a wheelchair. The patient was sliding to the floor, and the restraint on the wheelchair was choking her. As appellant attempted to lift the patient, she and a coworker, who was also lifting the patient, heard a loud pop in appellant’s right shoulder. Appellant states that her hand became numb and her arm and hand began turning blue and…