No Benefits for Worker Who Failed to Link Back Injury to Job

The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for a back injury she blamed on her work activities. Case: Jumper v. Kellogg Co., No. W2020-01274-SC-R3-WC, 06/23/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Gwendolyn Jumper filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting that she had injured her back in December 2016 while working for the Kellogg Co. Jumper was 54 by the time of trial before the Court of Workers' Compensation Claims in July 2020. The parties stipulated that Jumper had given her employer...