Amoco Foam Products Co. v. Johnson

In this appeal of an award under the Workers’ Compensation Act, we review the Court of Appeals’ application of the doctrine of compensable consequences.

In July 1992, appellee Essie L. Johnson, the claimant, sustained a compensable left ankle injury that arose out of and in the course of her employment with appellant Amoco Foam Products Company, the employer. Following lengthy treatment and June 1994 surgery on the ankle, the claimant fell at home in August 1994 while recovering from the surgery when the ankle gave way, causing injury to her right knee.

In a September 1995 opinion, the Workers’…