EX PARTE GOLDEN POULTRY CO., INC.

1981446.

772 So.2d 1175 (2000)

Ex parte GOLDEN POULTRY COMPANY, INC. (Re Melissa Green v. Golden Poultry Company, Inc., d/b/a Gold Kist.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Fann and Michael B. Odom of Fann & Rea, P.C., Birmingham, for petitioner.

Robert W. Lee and Wendy N. Thornton of Robert W. Lee & Associates, Birmingham, for respondent.


SEE, Justice.

Melissa Green sued her employer, Golden Poultry Company, Inc., for workers' compensation benefits for a herniated cervical disc she claimed to have sustained as a result of her work as a chicken trimmer. The trial court found that Green's disc injuries were caused by degenerative disc disease and were not work-related; therefore, the trial court held Green not entitled to workers' compensation benefits. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed, holding that...

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