Union City Body Co., Inc. v. Lambdin

GARRARD, Judge.

This case concerns the transition in worker's compensation law occasioned by our supreme court's decision in Evans v. Yankeetown Dock Corp. (1986), Ind., 491 N.E.2d 969. Prior to that decision on April 15, 1986, our decisions generally imposed the requirement of an accident, a specific, identifiable untoward event, for a worker's injury to be compensable. As stated by the Evans court:

In practical terms, the issue is whether injury is accidental [within the meaning of the act] when it is the unexpected consequence of the usual exertion or exposure of the particular employee's…