Clements v. Aramark Corp.

Summary

The court held that an idiopathic fall onto a level surface during employment is not compensable merely because it occurred at work. Compensation requires evidence that a condition of the employment contributed to the injury by increasing the risk or severity of the harm. Because the plaintiff acknowledged that her fall resulted from a personal medical condition and abandoned any claim that the surface increased the risk of injury, the court directed judgment affirming the denial of benefits.