Saylor v. WESTAR ENGERY, INC.

Hill, J.:

In Kansas, the law allows a worker injured from repetitive use or cumulative trauma, to designate the date of his or her accident as the date on which the employee gives written notice to the employer of the injuiy. In this appeal, the employer, Westar Energy, Inc., argues that it should not have to pay benefits to its employee, Cory Saylor, because on the date of the accident in his case, Saylor was home recuperating from knee surgery and not working. Our Workers Compensation Act directs the elements of an accident are not to be construed in a strict or literal sense but rather in a…