Simbro v. Delong's Sportswear

SCHULTZ, Justice.

In this appeal we hold that workers’ compensation benefits for permanent partial disability of two members caused by a single accident is a scheduled benefit. We also hold that the degree of impairment must be computed on the basis of a functional, rather than an industrial, disability. The employer, Delong’s Sportswear, and its insurance carrier, American Mutual Insurance Company, appeal from the district court’s reversal of the Industrial Commission’s award of four percent permanent partial disability based on the functional disability of the employee, Margaret Jane Simbro,…