The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that a former parcel deliveryman was entitled to workers' compensation benefits for a back injury that occurred when he knelt down to tie his shoes at work.Case: Vawter v. United Parcel Service, No. 40660, 02/07/2014, published. Facts: Michael Vawter began working as a delivery driver for the United Parcel Service in 1983.On the morning of Dec. 18, 2009, Vawter reported for work at the Arnold Aviation facility at the Cascade Airport in order to load his delivery truck. The temperature was approximately 20 degrees below zero, so Vawter started his truck to...
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