Riccord v. John Burns Memorial Hospital

HANSON, Judge.

Claimant, Ethel Riccord, was employed as a nurses aid by the John Burns Memorial Hospital at Belle Fourche. She claims permanent injury to her back resulting from a backward fall against a bed while helping lift a paralyzed patient. She was paid temporary total disability from the time of the accident, December 21, 1962, to March 12, 1963, when the insurer termin ated payments. The Industrial Commissioner found defendants liable for all of claimant's medical and- hospital costs during the period of temporary disability, but denied an award for permanent disability. The award of…