Kurrell v. National Con Rod, Inc.

PETERSON, Justice.

Employee Dorothy Kurrell was held eligible for rehabilitation benefits by the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals after suffering a work-related injury to her hand. Relators, National Con Rod, Inc. (employer) and Federated Mutual Insurance Co. (insurer), appeal on the ground that Kurrell’s refusal of an offer of reemployment within her medical restrictions is a forfeiture of her right to benefits. We affirm.

Dorothy Kurrell began working for employer in October 1979. She was 55 years old when she took the $4-per-hour job. Employer was at that time a small company of eight…