Foster v. Gilster Mary Lee Corp.

DOUG MARTIN, Judge.

Appellant Sandra Foster appeals from that portion of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s opinion finding her entitled to a 30% wage-loss disability. Appellee Gilster Mary Lee Corp. (“Gilster”) cross-appeals from the part of the Commission’s decision finding that Gil-ster did not make a bona fide offer of employment to Foster. We find no error and affirm on both direct and cross-appeal.

Foster attended school only through the fifth grade and worked at manual-labor jobs most of her life. She began working for Gilster in 2002 and sustained an admittedly compensable…