Lowe v. Drivers Management, Inc.

NATURE OF CASE

In 2004, appellee Robert Lowe received a workers’ compensation award that included permanent partial disability and vocational rehabilitation benefits as a result of an injury he sustained while employed by appellant Drivers Management, Inc. (DMI). The present appeal involves an application filed by Lowe in 2005 to modify that initial award. Following a hearing, the trial judge of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court sustained Lowe’s application. The trial judge determined that Lowe was permanently and totally disabled and awarded Lowe permanent total disability benefits.…