Maroulakos v. Walmart Assocs., Inc.

Miko Maroulakos appeals from a Workers' Compensation Court's order, which determined his injuries did not "arise out of" his employment. At trial, Maroulakos argued only that his injury arose out of employment, because his fall resulted from a risk of employment, but on appeal, he argues that his injury arose out of employment under the "increased-danger" rule, because he fell into an industrial shelving unit. We hold Maroulakos waived this argument by failing to present it to the compensation court. Therefore, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In August 2014, Maroulakos was working for Walmart…