Thom v. Lutheran Medical Center & Alexsis, Inc.

The defendant employer, Lutheran Medical Center, at Omaha, and its insurer, Alexsis, Inc., appeal the Workers’ Compensation Court award of benefits to the plaintiff-appellee employee, Roslynn Thom. The issues presented by the assignments of error argued by appellants are whether the evidence supports the compensation court’s findings that Thom (1) suffered a loss of earning power and (2) is entitled to vocational rehabilitation services. We affirm.

The parties stipulated that on April 7, 1985, Thom, a registered nurse, suffered an injury to her back, while lifting a patient, in an accident…