Springston v. IML Freight, Inc.

Parks, J.:

This is an appeal of a workers’ compensation case by the employer IML Freight, Inc. The significant issue is whether claimant, Mitchell Edward Springston, sustained a compensable injury which arose out of his employment. The administrative law judge found the injury was not compensable but the director reversed. The district court adopted the findings of the director and the employer appeals.

The injury to claimant occurred when he and another employee, Hinds, quarreled over who had the right to drive a particular truck from Goodland to Kansas City. The dispute arose from differences…