Sopher v. Nebraska Public Power District

This is an appeal from the District Court which af firmed the Workmen’s Compensation Court finding that plaintiff had sustained injury to both wrists constituting a two-member injury with permanent partial disability. Defendant raises questions relative to the sufficiency of the evidence and the absence of any industrial disability. We affirm the judgment.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a lineman. In a fall from a platform he sustained fractures of both wrists. Although the medical evidence was conflicting, it was sufficient to sustain a finding that plaintiff sustained a permanent…