Page v. Cox & Cox, Inc.

On December 18, 2001, Donald Page ("the employee") filed an action in the Houston Circuit Court against his employer, Cox Cox, Inc. ("the employer"), seeking workers' compensation benefits for an injury to his knee. The employee alleged that he had suffered the knee injury as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment when he fell from a ladder on or about October 19, 2000. The employer answered the complaint and subsequently filed a summary-judgment motion. The motion stated in part:

"The undisputed evidence in this case is that, although [the employee] did…