Jones v. Emanuel Hospital

Claimant, age 57, suffers from severe cramps in the feet, legs and back and is unable to work. She contends that while her condition was congenital and aggravated by being overweight, it was further aggravated by her employment which required her to stand eight hours a day on hard floors. Her initial treating physician and the three examining physicians who are all orthopedic surgeons were of the opinion that the condition is not employment related. The only medical evidence to the contrary was the statement of a subsequent treating physician that "* * * one could say that her condition * * *…