Split Court Says Diabetic Worker's Foot Injury Didn't Cause Total Disability

A split Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s compensable right-foot injury did not leave her permanently and totally disabled and that her left-foot injury was not compensable. Case: Doukas v. Kiln Self Storage, No. 2023-WC-01195-COA, 10/08/2024, published. Facts and procedural history: Sabrina Doukas worked for Kiln Self Storage. She suffered injuries to her foot on April 6, 2016, when a heavy piece of furniture fell on it. Doukas had uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and developed an infection in her foot. Doctors amputated her right leg below the knee on Ap...