Novotny v. City of Omaha

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The Workmen’s Compensation Court awarded the plaintiff $100 per week for temporary total disability from January 29, 1977, to November 1, 1979, and thereafter for so long as the plaintiff remained totally disabled. The court also gave the defendant credit for the payment of 109 4/7 weeks’ compensation previously paid and awarded the plaintiff an attorney fee of $500 on rehearing. The defendant City of Omaha has appealed and the plaintiff has cross-appealed.

On January 28, 1977, the plaintiff, Robert Novotny, a plumbing inspector for the City of Omaha,…