Brown v. Eller Outdoor Advertising Co.

Defendants appeal by leave granted from a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (hereinafter appeal board) following a vacation of its previous order in the case and a remand to the appeal board by the Court of Appeals, awarding plaintiff benefits for nursing care provided by his wife. Benefits were awarded at the minimum wage for nurse’s aides for all hours of the day that an outside aide was not present in the home with time and a half the hourly rate for all hours in excess of 40 per week.

Plaintiff sustained catastrophic spinal cord injuries in 1969 when he fell from a…