Abel Ex Rel. Abel v. Mike Russell's Standard Service

ROBERTSON, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether an employee who suffers an idiopathic fall is entitled to compensation under section 287.120.1, RSMol994, when the conditions of the work place bear no causal relationship to the employee’s injury. The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denied workers’ compensation. The Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed, relying on this Court’s decision in Alexander v. D.L. Sitton Motor Lines, 851 S.W.2d 525 (Mo. banc 1993). One member of the court of appeals’ panel dissented and certified the case to this Court because he believed the…