Tallman v. Case Corp.

Pierron, J.:

Case Corporation (Case) appeals the decision of the Workers Compensation Board of Review (Board) awarding permanent partial general disability benefits to Wesley Tallman. Case argues the Board erred in refusing to apply Watkins v. Food Barn Stores, Inc., 23 Kan. App. 2d 837, 936 P.2d 294 (1997), and that the Board’s approach of allowing work disability based on the coincidence of an injury and an economic layoff is inconsistent with the goals of the Workers Compensation Act, K.S.A. 44-501 et seq. We affirm.

The basic facts are undisputed. In 1999, Tallman began working for Case as…