Koehler Electric v. Wills

TERNUS, Justice.

This case requires the court to decide the circumstances under which an idiopathic fall is compensable under Iowa’s workers’ compensation law. The district court affirmed the industrial commissioner’s decision that the injuries sustained by the appellee, Carlton Wills, in an idiopathic fall at his place of employment, arose out of and in the course of his employment. We affirm the district court’s decision.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Carlton Wills had worked for the appellant, Koehler Electric, for two days when he fell from a ladder while wiring a customer’s air…