Daniels v. Kalispell Regional Hospital

Michelle Daniels, age 32, suffers from anaphylactic reactions that first occurred while she was wearing latex surgical gloves and working as a nurse’s aide at the Kalispell Regional Hospital, a Plan II employer. The Workers’ Compensation Court determined that Ms. Daniels was permanently and totally disabled and entitled to $128.35 in compensation per week after adjustment for Social Security offsets. It denied conversions to lump sum totaling nearly $140,000 to allow her money to purchase a house and also to start a backhoe excavation business. Ms. Daniels appeals the denial of the lump sum…