Injured Worker With RSD Wins Permanent and Total Benefits

An injured worker sufficiently proved that slipping and falling on cookie crumbs at a Keebler Corp. factory has rendered her permanently and totally disabled, a New Jersey appellate court ruled. The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey affirmed a workers' compensation judge's ruling stating that the petitioner, Joana Feiteira, suffered from severe orthopedic and psychiatric injuries while working as a machine operator for Keebler Corp. The case name is Feiteira v. Keebler Corp., No. A-2912-06T3, 3/14/08. Feiteira slipped and fell on cookie crumbs, which knocked her un...