KONRADY, EMPLOYEE v. US Airways, Inc.

GEER, Judge.

Defendants appeal from an Opinion and Award of the Industrial Commission concluding that plaintiff Nelson Konrady suffered a knee injury as a result of an accident when she misstepped while exiting from a van with an unexpectedly short final step. Because the Commission’s decision is supported by competent evidence and its findings support its conclusions of law, we affirm.

Facts

At the time of the hearing before the deputy commissioner, Konrady had been a flight attendant for 28 years. On the evening of 18 November 1999, defendant U.S. Airways had arranged for the flight crew,…