LaVe v. School Dist. No. 2

Lydia LaVe appeals a Workers’ Compensation Court order awarding her permanent total disability benefits based on ten hours of work per week and denying a lump sum payment of her benefits. The issues on appeal are: (1) whether the lower court erred in basing the benefits on appellant’s usual hours of employment rather than her earning capability, and (2) whether the lower court erred in denying appellant a lump sum award. We affirm the order of the Workers’ Compensation Court.

Appellant has worked on and off at various unskilled labor positions since her childhood. Prior to 1977, these jobs…