Legal Opinion
Jason Bluml v. Dee Jay's Inc. d/b/a Long John Silvers and Commerce & Industry Ins. Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 16, 2018No. 18-0317PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Justice.
*83 In this case, we return to the question of when an idiopathic workplace fall is compensable. We last addressed this issue nearly two decades ago.
A fast-food employee who was handling a customer order had a seizure and fell backwards directly to a ceramic tile floor. He suffered serious head injuries. The workers' compensation commissioner declined to award benefits, reasoning that idiopathic falls from a standing or walking position to a level floor do not arise out of employment under our workers' compensation law. The employee petitioned for judicial review, and the…
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