McLaughlin v. McLaughlin

On rehearing in the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court, Cindy McLaughlin was awarded benefits for injuries sustained when she fell while loading trucks for her husband’s business, McLaughlin Trucking, for which Great West Casualty Company provided workers’ compensation insurance coverage.

The Workers’ Compensation Court awarded Cindy McLaughlin benefits for both temporary total disability and permanent partial disability to the body as a whole. See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-121(2) (Cum. Supp. 1986).

Plaintiff appeals, and defendant Great West cross-appeals. Plaintiff claims that the amount awarded…