Scott v. Pepsi Cola Co.

Pepsi Cola Company and Lumbermens Mutual Company appeal from an award entered by the Workers’ Compensation Court in favor of Todd Scott. The trial court was not persuaded that lack of notice was a defense in the case, and the court opined that Pepsi and Lumbermens were not prejudiced by the delay in the reporting of the injury. The review panel found that Scott had given proper notice under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-133 (Reissue 1993). Pepsi and Lumbermens appealed from the order of the review panel, and under the authority granted to us by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-1106(3) (Cum. Supp. 1994) to…