Fogleman v. Duke City Automotive Services

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

{1} This case presents an issue of first impression: whether a wheelchair-accessible van is an “artificial member” within the meaning of our workers’ compensation statutes. In the present ease, the workers’ compensation judge (WCJ) determined that such a van is not an artificial member. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

{2} Worker was injured in 1982 in a work-related automobile accident that left Worker paralyzed in both legs and both arms. Employer furnished Worker with a modified van. In August 1998, Worker filed a workers’ compensation complaint…