Larsen v. D B Feedyards, Inc.

Lyle D. Larsen was employed by D B Feedyards, Inc., on November 13, 1999, when he was injured while roping a steer owned by a customer of D B Feedyards. Larsen filed a petition against D B Feedyards in the Workers’ Compensation Court seeking benefits for his injury. D B Feedyards answered by asserting that because it was an employer of farm or ranch laborers, it was excepted from the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-106(2) (Reissue 1998). The trial judge rejected D B Feedyards’ defense and determined that Larsen was a covered employee. The review panel of the…