Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. VanWagner

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

The appellee in this workers’ compensation case filed a claim alleging that she sustained a compensable injury to a prosthetic appliance on November 25, 1994, when she slipped at work and ruptured a silicone breast implant. After a hearing, the Commission found that appellee had sustained such an injury and awarded medical expenses for the replacement of the implant; temporary total disability benefits from August 16, 1995, through September 5, 1995; and statutory attorney’s fees. From that decision, comes this appeal.

For reversal, appellant contends that there is no…