Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Leach

John F. STROUD, Jr., Chief Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Appellee, Judy Leach, suffered a back injury in 1993 for which she underwent surgery. She had worked for appellant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., for almost twenty years at that time, but she did not claim that the injury was work-related and therefore she did not claim workers’ compensation benefits. She left her employment with appellant for approximately three years following the back surgery; however, she returned to work for appellant in 1996, working at different jobs and eventually returning to warehouse work.

On May 29,…