Forklift Operator Gets Award of PTD Benefits for Spinal Cord Injury

The Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a forklift operator with a spinal cord injury from an on-the-job fall. Case: Butler v. McKee Foods Corp., No. E2017-02471-SC-R3-WC, 12/06/2018, published. Facts: Anna Maria Butler worked for the McKee Foods Corp. as a forklift operator. She slipped and fell at work in May 2012. Butler struck her head on a steel door when she fell. A coworker who witnessed the accident testified that he thought her neck had been broken. He said Butler’s neck ...