Woodward v. Beech Aircraft Corp.

Marquardt, J.:

Beech Aircraft Corporation (Beech) appeals from the order of the Workers Compensation Board (Board), which awarded William H. Woodward benefits based on an 18 percent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole and found that the Workers Compensation Fund (Fund) was not liable for any portion of that award.

Woodward was employed at Beech as a sheet metal assembler. On October 18, 1991, Woodward stepped on an air hose and twisted his left knee.

Beech referred Woodward to Dr. Bossemeyer, who referred Woodward to Dr. Alan L. Kruckemyer. Dr. Kruckemyer performed arthroscopic…