Brozek v. Lincoln County Highway Department

Parks, J.:

This is an appeal by the Workers’ Compensation Fund from the district court’s judgment holding it liable to the employer’s insurer for the entire amount of compensation paid its injured employee. The employee’s claims for compensation were settled and he is not a party to this appeal.

The claimant, Oldrich Brozek, worked as a member of the Lincoln County Highway Department road maintenance crew for fifteen years. On October 28, 1981, he was injured when he fell four or five feet from a bridge, landing on his buttocks. Brozek was taken to the hospital where he was examined, admitted…