Currier v. Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

This is an appeal from the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. Plaintiff, Leon E. Currier, who was receiving disability and medical benefits, petitioned the court for additional benefits for ongoing personal care services provided in his home by a specific person, a woman unrelated to him. After rehearing on September 17, 1986, the court affirmed the original award and found that the personal care services were compensable under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-120 (Cum. Supp. 1986) and Spiker v. John Day Co., 201 Neb. 503, 270 N.W.2d 300 (1978). The court ordered that the plaintiff recover from…