Worker's Description of Leg Giving Out Didn't Establish Idiopathic Reason for Fall

The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to an injured worker who described his leg giving out from beneath him as he was walking up a ramp that led to the employee break room at his workplace. Case: ConAgra Foods v. Phillips, No. WD80535, 09/05/2017, published. Facts: Jon Phillips worked for ConAgra Foods as a forklift driver. While at work in October 2013, Phillips suffered injuries in a fall off a shallow graded ramp while entering ConAgra’s break room. According to the treatment notes of the paramedics and the emergency room doctor, Phillips reported that he had f...