Miller v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Chief Justice.

Mitchell Miller, an employee of the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission (MHTC), appeals the denial of workers’ compensation benefits. Mr. Miller experienced a “popping” of his knee, followed by pain, while walking briskly at work. It is undisputed that the injury occurred while he was at work but that nothing about the work caused the injury. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found that the injury did not arise out of employment and denied Mr. Miller’s workers’ compensation claim. The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”)…