Guico v. Excel Corp.

Excel Corporation appeals from a judgment of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court awarding temporary total and permanent partial disability benefits, waiting-time penalties, and attorney fees to Manuel Guico as the result of an injury occurring on December 9, 1997. The principal issue at trial and on appeal is whether Guico’s injury resulted from his own willful negligence and was therefore not compensable under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-101 (Reissue 1998).

FACTS

Guico was employed by Excel from 1995 until his termination on December 10, 1997, the day following his injury. At the commencement of…