Locke v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The only issue in this workman’s compensation case is whether claimant established that her injury arose in the scope of her employment and was therefore compensable. OES 656.002(7)(a). The State Accident Insurance Fund (Fund) denied the claim and the denial was approved by a hearings referee. The Workmen’s Compensation Board (Board) reversed the hearings referee, finding the injury to be compensable. The circuit court reversed the Board order and reinstated the referee’s order. Claimant appeals.

The hearings referee found that claimant felt a sharp pain in her back when storing a ladder under…