Fordham v. West Lumber Co.

Irwin, Judge.

This is an appeal by West Lumber Company, the employer, from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarding John M. Fordham $255 per week in permanent total disability benefits for an injury sustained while working for West Lumber. For the reasons recited below, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS

The evidence must be viewed in a light most favorable to Fordham, as the court is required to do. Cannia v. Douglas Cty., 240 Neb. 382, 481 N.W.2d 917 (1992). On April 20, 1990, Fordham was working for West Lumber cutting plywood “bunks.” A…