Engel v. Nebraska Methodist Hospital

This is an appeal from an award made to the plaintiff Engel by a three-judge panel of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court on rehearing. The award was $168.10 per week so long as the defendant remained permanently disabled. The employer, Nebraska Methodist Hospital, appeals to this court. We affirm.

There is no dispute as to the evidence. Engel was employed by the hospital as a maintenance supervisor. At the time of the alleged injury on December 31, 1979, he and two other employees, in the course of the employment, lifted a carpet weighing about 100 pounds. Plaintiff testified that at…