Maxey v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

Sam Bird, Judge.

Louise Maxey appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission holding that she was not permanently and totally disabled, but that she was entitled to benefits for a 35% wage-loss disability. The Second Injury Fund argues on cross-appeal that the Commission erred in awarding appellant wage-loss benefits on a scheduled injury. Appellee Tyson Foods takes the position that the Commission did not err in finding that appellant failed to prove permanent and total disability, but it does not address the Second Injury Fund’s argument.

At the time of the hearing in 1997,…