General Electric Co. v. Allred

RUSSELL, Judge.

Linda Marie Allred filed suit seeking to recover workers’ compensation benefits for an injury allegedly arising out of her employment with General Electric Company (GE). Allred claimed that while working on a GE assembly line, she sustained an injury to her arm that resulted in a permanent partial disability to her body as a whole and affected her ability to return to her trade.

Following an ore tenus proceeding, the trial court found that Allred had been injured in a work-related accident resulting in a permanent loss of 40% of her earning capacity. Benefits were awarded…