Estate of Graber v. Dillon Companies

The opinion of the court was delivered by Biles, J.:

To obtain benefits under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act, K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 44-501 et seq., an injured worker must demonstrate that the worker suffered personal injury by accident, repetitive trauma, or occupational disease arising out of and in the course of employment. K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 44-501b(b). In 2011 the Legislature excluded from the events eligible for benefits an accident or injury that "arose either directly or indirectly from idiopathic causes ." (Emphasis added.) K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 44-508(f)(3)(A)(iv). In this case of first…