Court Determines Worker Suffered Recurrence of Injury

The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld a judge’s determination that a worker had suffered a recurrence of a prior compensable injury in an on-the-job accident, so his previous employer was liable for benefits. In 1994, Carl Green injured his right hand while working for the BE&K Construction Co. and developed reflex sympathetic disorder in his right upper extremity. Green settled his workers' compensation claim against BE&K in 1996. In 2000, Green began working for Yother Construction Management. Green fell on his right hand and arm while alighting from a forklift, aggr...