A farm worker is entitled to permanent total disability benefits after a lifting injury resulted in two spinal surgeries, the Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled. Case: Wayne Farms v. Weems, No. 2012-WC-00782-COA, 12/11/12, published.Facts: Clairol Weems, an "evisceration department" employee at Wayne Farms, injured her back in May 2006 while bending over to lift an ice-filled pan. She told her supervisor about the injury, explaining that she had "pulled a muscle" in her back. Weems went to inform the safety manager about her injury, but he was not there that day. Instead, she notified the...
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