Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act - Injustice in Denying Permanent Total Disability Benefits to a Totally Disabled Employee: Rodriquez v. Prime Meat Processors
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Authors
Plambeck, Michael J.
Issue Date
1989
Volume
22
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|Rodriquez v. Prime Meat Processors was the Nebraska Supreme Court's first attempt at interpreting the "one accident" language contained in section 48-121(3) of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act. In Rodriquez, the court affirmed an award by the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court which compensated an employee's multiple-member injury sustained in two different accidents as separate compensable scheduled member injuries, even though the employee remained totally disabled...
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22 Creighton L. Rev. 555 (1988-1989)
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Creighton University School of Law