Benson v. Barnes & Barnes Trucking

The appellant, Ronald R. Benson, an employee of the appellee Barnes & Barnes Trucking (employer), appeals from an order entered by a three-judge panel of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court which, on rehearing, reversed an earlier award entered by a single judge of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court. Employer had impleaded the Nebraska Second Injury Fund, which likewise was found by the three-judge panel not to be liable to the employee. For reasons more particularly set out hereinafter, we believe that the order of the three-judge panel must be in part affirmed and in part…