Hall v. Auburntown Industries, Inc.

OPINION

BROCK, Judge.

In this worker’s compensation case the trial court awarded benefits to the plaintiff-employee who sustained a ruptured inter-vertebral disc. The only issue raised by the defendant on this appeal is whether or not the plaintiff’s injury and resulting disability “arose out of” as well as “in the course of” her employment with the defendant. See T.C.A., § 50-6-102(a)(4). The operative facts are essentially undisputed. The evidence shows that the plaintiff, who was a sewing machine operator for Auburntown Industries, on the date of her accident was instructed to watch another…