Theus v. Schumpert Medical Center

LINDSAY, Judge.

The defendant, Sehumpert Medical Center, appeals from a ruling by a worker’s compensation hearing officer granting worker’s compensation benefits to the plaintiff, Ruby E. Theus. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS

In early July, 1990, the plaintiff began working as a teacher’s aide at the Sehumpert Child Development Center. She worked part-time, approximately twenty hours per week, and earned $112 per week. On October 30,1990, while at work, she stepped on a Lego block and injured her ankle.1 She worked the remainder of the day; she reported the accident to her…