Denial of Continued Benefits for Poultry Worker's Back Injury Upheld

An Arkansas appellate court ruled that an injured poultry plant worker had failed to prove her claimed entitlement to continued disability benefits and medical treatment, including two back surgeries, for a disc herniation first detected 21 months after her injury. Case: Towler v. Tyson Poultry Inc., No. CA 12-359, 10/03/2012, published.Facts: Lisa Towler sustained an admittedly compensable injury to her low back while working for Tyson Poultry Inc. on April 9, 2008. Tyson paid workers' compensation benefits for her medical treatment through July 9, 2010. Tyson also paid temporar...