Grandt v. Douglas County

Cassel, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Barbara D. Grandt appeals from the order of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court review panel affirming the decision of the trial court. We are confronted with the question of whether a trial court, if it has not been called upon to determine loss of earning power until after completion of vocational rehabilitation, must disregard the reduction in loss of earning power resulting from successful vocational rehabilitation and calculate continuing benefits upon the loss of earning power as it existed immediately upon attainment of maximum medical improvement (MMI).…