Buckingham v. Creighton University

Rebecca Buckingham appeals an order of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court review panel granting partial summary judgment on claims for medical expenses and for injury to her right hand and arm as described in a petition for modification of her initial workers’ compensation award.

The question we are asked to decide is whether the Workers’ Compensation Court is empowered to grant summary judgments. We conclude that the compensation court does not have such power and therefore reverse the court’s order granting partial summary judgment to the appellee, Creighton University, and remand the…