GOLD KIST, INC. v. Porter

35 So.3d 608 (2008)

GOLD KIST, INC.

v.

Denise PORTER.

2060662.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

October 31, 2008.

Robert P. Fann and Patricia K. Rea of Fann & Rea, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

James E. Mitchell, Jr., Birmingham, for appellee.

PITTMAN, Judge.

Gold Kist, Inc. ("the employer"), appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court that, among other things, determined Denise Porter ("the employee") to have suffered a cumulative-stress injury (i.e., carpal tunnel syndrome) in the course of her employment with the employer and awarding her permanent-partial-disability benefits under…