County of Buchanan School Board v. Horton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that plaintiffs who prove a defect in the condition of workplace steps can be compensated through the VWCA
• noting that “in order for a fall on stairs to be compensable there must either be a defect in the stairs or [the] claimant must have fallen as a result of a condition of the employment”
• reversing an award of benefits because the claimant could not prove the set of steps from which she fell presented a particular risk
• claimant failed to prove step was defective or a condition of her employment caused the fall
• “[I]n order for a fall on stairs to be compensable there must either be a defect in the stairs or [the] claimant must have fallen as a result of a condition of the employment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).