Meadowlake Nursing Home v. Sullivan

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The appellee, while she was mopping a floor in the course of her employment at the Meadow-lake Nursing Home, fell and seriously injured her hip. As a result of the accident the rounded upper end of the claimant’s left femur was surgically removed and replaced with a prosthetic knob. When the case was heard by the referee the claimant was not working and testified that she was unable to work. The Commission made a finding of total disability and allowed compensation upon that basis. This appeal is from a circuit court judgment…