Worker Failed to Prove Industrial Causation for Need for Surgery

The Idaho Supreme Court upheld a determination that a delivery driver's need for back surgery was not causally related to his prior on-the-job injuries. Case: Jordan v. Dean Foods, No. 43281, 0909/2016, published. Facts: Edward Jordan spent 21 years in the Navy before retiring and moving to Boise. Jordan then took a job with Dean Foods as a milk delivery driver. In May 2006, Jordan experienced a sudden onset of pain in his neck and shoulders, along with numbness extending down his arms, while trying to move a stack of milk containers. Doctors diagnosed him with a muscle strain an...