Baughman v. United-A.G. Cooperative

Sievers, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

In this workers’ compensation case, Douglas F. Baughman, Sr., was awarded benefits from his employer, United-A.G. Cooperative (United-A.G.), and its workers’ compensation insurer, United Employers Insurance Company. The State of Nebraska, Second Injury Fund (the Fund), was also ordered to pay a portion of the benefits due Baughman pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-128 (Supp. 1997). We address the “written records” requirement of the Second Injury Fund statute, as well as whether an insurer’s knowledge about a worker’s preexisting disability, by appropriate written…