Hoesli v. Triplett, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.:

Under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act, K.S.A. 44-501 et seq., an injured workers compensation must be reduced by any social security retirement benefits received by that worker, subject to certain limitations. K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 44-501(h). But Kansas courts have limited this statutory offset and permitted already-retired claimants, who were working simply to supplement their social security at the time of injury, full workers compensation. See Dickens v. Pizza Co., Inc., 266 Kan. 1066, 1071, 974 P.2d 601 (1999). These prior cases adopting…