Legislative Intent Argument Fails to Block Award

A Georgia Court of Appeals awarded compensation to a disability applicant in a case that hinged on a law change that defined "catastrophic injury" and the Legislature's intent. At issue in Rite-Aid Corp. v. Davis, no. A06A0682 (7/13/06) was whether claimant Barbara Davis could have returned to any of her former work for Rite-Aid after suffering a neck and shoulder injury caused by falling boxes. Her physician and a vocational expert testified that she could not, though she was able to perform sedentary tasks. Her employer, however, said she was able to perform tasks that would make her employ...