Hercules, Inc. v. Stump

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

Hercules, Inc. and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company (collectively, employer) appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission finding that a knee injury suffered by the appellee, James Daniel Stump (claimant), in a slip and fall on a stairway arose out of his employment. The Commission found that the injury arose out of the employment because “the conditions of . . . [claimant’s] employment required . . . [him] to ascend and descend this particular stairway with regularity and thereby to assume a degree of risk inherent in traversing that particular obstacle.” Because the…