Neal v. Carolina Management

WALKER, Judge.

The evidence before the Full Commission (the Commission) showed that plaintiff was a fifty-seven-year-old female whose employment history consisted mainly of assembly line labor and work as a waitress. She began working for defendant as a waitress in 1986. Prior to her beginning work for defendant, plaintiff suffered from a venous stasis ulcer in her left leg which resulted from a blood clot. This condition initially required surgery in 1976, but plaintiff continued working at various positions after that time.

On 30 April 1991, while working in defendant’s employ, plaintiff…