Gleason v. Samaritan Home & Church Mutual Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Davis, J.:

This case is a workers compensation appeal. The claimant, Penny S. Gleason, appeals from a Workers Compensation Board (Board) decision that she did not prove functional impairment or permanent partial general disability. Three of the issues raised by the claimant challenge the findings and conclusions of the Board, and two issues deal with the constitutionality of the Workers Compensation Act, as amended by the legislature following our decision in Sedlak v. Dick, 256 Kan. 779, 887 P.2d 1119 (1995).

On September 20, 1989, while working within…