Siliphet v. IBP, Inc.

Inbody, Judge.

This is an appeal of a workers’ compensation case in which the decision by the trial judge was affirmed in part and remanded in part by the Workers’ Compensation Court review panel. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm the order of the review panel and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS

Heuang Siliphet is a Laotian immigrant, bom October 15, 1952. She does not speak English and cannot read or write in either English or Laotian. She began working for IBP, inc., in Lexington, Nebraska, in July 1991. On February 17, 1993, while…