Laurie A. Roller-Dick v. Centracare Health System and Sfm Mutual Companies, Relators.

Summary

The court held that Roller-Dick's ankle injury arose out of her employment because the undisputed circumstances of carrying items with both hands while descending workplace stairs increased her risk of falling. The court treated the issue as a legal question reviewed de novo and affirmed the WCCA's decision awarding compensation. Chief Justice Gildea and Justice Anderson, dissenting, would have held that Roller-Dick failed to establish the required causal connection between her injury and employment.