The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker suffered a loss of wage-earning capacity from a back injury and an industrial loss of use of her leg due to a knee injury.
Case: Forrest County General Hospital v. Knight, No. 2023-WC-01277-COA, 05/20/2025, published.
Facts: Felicia Knight worked for Forrest County General Hospital. She slipped and fell at work in June 2019.
Knight was treated in the hospital’s emergency department, where she reported pain in her right knee, hip and low back. Her X-rays were normal and showed no acute fractures.
Knight sought...
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