Knipp v. Nordyne, Inc.

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Presiding Judge.

Greer Knipp appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denying death benefits for the death of her husband, William Knipp. The Commission found that Mrs. Knipp had not met her burden of proof because she did not present expert evidence that the medical cause of her husband’s death was an injury caused by an accident which arose out of and in the course of his employment. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

William Knipp was employed as a forklift driver by Nordyne, Inc. in Boonville, Missouri. On April 28, 1994, Mi*.…