Dorris v. Townsends of Arkansas, Inc.

John Mauzy Pittman, Chief Judge.

The appellant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits asserting that she sustained a compensable gradual onset injury to her left shoulder while shoveling ice in the course of her employment by appellee. At the hearing, appellant changed her contention to allege that the injury to her left shoulder was caused by a specific event rather than gradual onset. The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission denied benefits, finding that appellant failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that she sustained an injury to her left shoulder resulting…