Panola Junior College v. Estate of Thompson

BLEIL, Justice.

Panola Junior College appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Lois Thompson1 in a workers’ compensation case. Panola raises issues regarding the sufficiency of the evidence and the propriety of the court’s charge. We resolve these issues in favor of Thompson and affirm.

Thompson was employed by Panola on July 1, 1980, as director of the nursing program at the Oscar B. Jones School of Vocational Nursing. In July 1983, Thompson injured her back while moving boxes of books when the nursing program was *678moved from one building to another. Thompson had experienced back…