Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Bratton

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appeals a judgment entered by the trial court awarding permanent and total disability benefits to George Bratton. Bratton had filed an action for workmen's compensation benefits after he suffered a fall at the Wal-Mart store where he worked. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

In 1976, when Bratton was 59 years old, he suffered a heart attack and retired with a disability pension from his job with Hercules Powder Company in…