Claimant Who Kept Working After Injury Gave Up Right to Pursue Claim

The City of Jackson was within its rights to terminate benefits to a clerk who suffered carpal tunnel syndrome after discovering that she had been aware the condition for more than two years before reporting it, the Mississippi Court of Appeals decided in a unanimous ruling. Case: Johnson v. City of Jackson, No. 2015-WC-00946-COA, 07/19/2016. Facts: Cynthia Johnson was employed as a deputy court clerk from April 2003 until Jan. 21, 2011. On June 6, 2008, she went to her family physician, Dr. Stephen Coachys, with complaints about pain in her arms and hands. Coachys administered a nerve-...