TYSON FOODS, INC. v. WATKINS

No. CA 89-494.

792 S.W.2d 348 (1990)

31 Ark.App. 230

TYSON FOODS, INC., Appellant, v. Lucille WATKINS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division I.

July 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary V. Weeks, Fayetteville, for appellant.

Gerald D. Lee, Springdale, for appellee.


JENNINGS, Judge.

This is a workers' compensation case. Lucille Watkins, the appellee, was first employed by Tyson Foods, Inc., the appellant, in 1981. Originally she "candled eggs." In 1986 she began working on an assembly line, laying pieces of frozen chicken on plates as they passed by. There was evidence that these duties required the continuous use of her arms in a rapid, repetitious manner. In 1987 appellee began experiencing pain in her right elbow and on July...

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