Chester v. Douglas County

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The employer, Douglas County, has appealed from a judgment of the District Court for Douglas County, affirming, with modification, an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Court to the plaintiff.

The plaintiff, Kathleen H. Chester, began work as a nurse’s aide at the Douglas County Hospital on September 18, 1972. On the morning of September 22, 1972, she went to the dining area to get some fruit juice for one of her patients. She testified that on her way out of the dining area she slipped and fell. There was a clear liquid on the floor in the area where…