Jordan v. National Medical Enterprises, Inc.

SCHOTT, Judge.

This is a worker’s compensation case arising out of an accident which occurred on May 30, 1982. The trial court awarded plaintiff benefits for permanent total disability for the stated reason that she could not return to the same work she was doing when injured. Defendant has appealed contending she is entitled to benefits for partial disability only. The issue is whether the law and evidence support the trial court’s award.

Plaintiff injured her back while lifting a patient at the hospital where she was employed as a licensed practical nurse. She was initially seen on June 7 by…