Adkins v. Gold Kist, Inc.

This is a workmen's compensation case.

The trial court rendered a judgment, finding that the employee, who had injured his back in a work-related accident, was permanently partially disabled and that his ability to earn had been impaired to the extent of seventy percent.

Subsequently, the employee filed a motion to reopen the case for the submission of additional testimony from a doctor whose deposition had been submitted to the trial court prior to its original judgment. The employee in his motion alleged that, since he testified in the case, his condition had worsened and that he could no…