Norris v. Kivettco, Inc.

MORRIS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, by her first assignment of error, alleges that the Full Commission erred in concluding that plaintiffs injury was not the result of an accident. She contends that the evidence of her foot giving way before she felt the sensation in her back shows an interruption of the usual work routine and the introduction of a new circumstance not a part of that routine.

“A back injury . . . suffered by an employee does not arise by accident if the employee at the time was merely carrying out his usual and customary duties in the usual way.” (Citations omitted.) Pardue v.…