Kraft v. Paul Reed Construction & Supply, Inc.

The defendant-appellant employer, Paul Reed Construction & Supply, Inc., and its insurer, defendant-appellant General Casualty Company, contend that the evidence does not support the 50-percent loss of earning power benefit the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court awarded the plaintiff-appellee employee, Arthur Kraft. We affirm.

It is unquestioned that on July 14,1987, the then 63-year-old Kraft was involved in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment as a carpenter with Paul Reed Construction when he was kicked and punched by a fellow employee and caused to fall over a…