Workmen's Compensation - Supreme Court Review

Abstract

FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|The extent of coverage of the Nebraska Workmen's Compensation Act was at issue in two decisions by the Nebraska Supreme Court during the survey period. While the court significantly broadened the scope of the Act, it also reinforced the boundaries beyond which coverage will not extend. In both cases injuries were sustained by employees while engaged in activities other than the assigned duties of their employment. In Thomsen v. Sears Roebuck & Co. injuries resulting from a fall in the company lunchroom were held to be compensable. In Mauser v. Douglas & Lomason Co. complications arising from a blood donation given off the employment premises were held to be beyond the scope of the Act...