Cox v. Fagen Inc.

The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court ordered the defendants-appellants, the employer Fagen Inc. and its workers’ compensation carrier, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, to pay the plaintiff-appellee, the employee Richard *679E. Cox, benefits as detailed later herein because of injuries Cox sustained in putting on a pair of coveralls while at his workplace. The defendants thereupon appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals, arguing, in summary, that the compensation court erred in (1) concluding that Cox suffered a compensable injury, (2) calculating his wage rate, and (3)…