Opinion ID: 1584575
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: An Accidental Injury

Text: Betty's testimony was uncontroverted with regard to the pain and shortness of breath which she experienced while working in the pillow and mattress departments at Leggett & Platt in May of 1988, February of 1989, and on July 28, 1989. She described incidents which consisted of the onset of pain in her side and back, along with shortness of breath, while she was performing her assigned duties at Leggett & Platt. The validity of these incidents was corroborated by Merritt, one of her co-workers. Leggett & Platt did not contradict Betty's contention that the incidents at work occurred as she claimed. Consequently, Betty satisfied the burden of proving that she suffered an accidental injury while at work.