Kalhorn v. City of Bellevue

This is a case of first impression to determine whether a worker whose eye was damaged in a work-related accident should be compensated on the basis of his condition before or after the natural lens was replaced by a synthetic lens.

The employer, City of Bellevue, defendant, appeals an award on rehearing by a three-judge panel of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court granting benefits on the basis of the worker’s condition before a synthetic lens was implanted.

The compensation court found that Donald Kalhorn, plaintiff-appellee, sustained a 100-percent permanent partial disability to his…