Coco v. Austin Co. & General Accident Group

This is an appeal from the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court which, on rehearing, denied the plaintiff’s claim for permanent disability alleged to have arisen from an injury suffered on October 5, 1978, while the plaintiff was employed as a carpenter by the defendant Austin. The plaintiff on appeal to this court makes the following assignments of error: (1) The Workmen’s Compensation Court erred in requiring the plaintiff to present medical evidence to show a causal connection between an admitted compensable injury and an obvious disability that resulted therefrom. (2) The court erred in…