Otto v. Hahn

The appellant, Christopher L. Otto, has appealed from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Court dismissing his petition for disability benefits. The one-judge Workmen’s Compensation Court found that Otto was an exempt farm laborer and was therefore not entitled to benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Upon rehearing by a three-judge panel, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-179 (Reissue 1978), the original order was affirmed and the petition dismissed. The appellant assigns as error the failure to award compensation, the failure to find that farming is a hazardous occupation, and…