Panel Says Worker's Gangrenous Infection Not Compensable

A sanitation worker who developed gangrene in his groin area after a workplace fall failed to establish a causal connection between his fall and his infection, the Tennessee Supreme Court Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled.Case: Grooms v. City of Trenton, No. W2012-01872-WC-R3-WC, 09/12/2013, published.Facts: Danny Ray Grooms worked for the City of Trenton as a laborer in its sanitation department.He slipped and fell while on the job, and he landed in a straddle position on a bed frame. The bed frame struck him on the inner part of his right thigh, near his groin.Within a fe...