Errolyn Julius’ workers’ compensation attorney said he faced an uphill battle making the case after his client, a 49-year-old certified nursing assistant slipped and fell on a wet floor at the Connecticut assisted living facility where she worked.

The company—Maefair Health Care—had no issue with Julius’ claim that she had left knee pain. But it was the alleged lower back pain, for which Julius would have been entitled to more compensation, that caused the company to balk.