Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Watkins

John E. Jennings, Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Lucille Watkins, the appellee, was first employed by Tyson Foods, Inc., the appellant, in 1981. Originally she “candled eggs.” In 1986 she began working on an assembly line, laying pieces of frozen chicken on plates as they passed by. There was evidence that these duties required the continuous use of her arms in a rapid, repetitious manner. In 1987 appellee began experiencing pain in her right elbow and on July 27, 1987, she was diagnosed by Dr. Bryan Abernathy as having bilateral epicon-dylitis, or “tennis elbow.” Dr. James Moore…