MARIA YOLANDA DE ALBA HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff,
v.
QUAD PACKAGING, Defendant.
No. 0275
Doc. 220
Nebraska Workers' Compensation
October 7, 2020
Plaintiff: John E. Corrigan Dowd & Corrigan, LLC
Defendant: Abigail A. Wenninghoff Larson, Kuper &
Wenninghoff, PC, LLO
AWARD
JAMES
R. COE, JUDGE.
THIS
CAUSE came on for hearing before the Nebraska Workers'
Compensation Court at Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, on
September 2, 2020, on the Petition of the plaintiff, Answer
of the defendant and on the evidence, Judge James R. Coe, one
of the judges of said court, presiding. Plaintiff appeared in
person and was represented by counsel. Defendant was
represented by counsel. Exhibits 1 through 18 were offered
and received into evidence. Testimony was taken, evidence
adduced, cause submitted, and the Court being fully advised
in the premises finds as follows:
I.
On
December 14, 2019, the plaintiff was in the employ of the
defendant as a production worker, and while so employed and
on said date and while engaged in the duties of her
employment she suffered injuries to her left wrist as a
result of an accident arising out of and in the course of her
employment by the defendant when, while the plaintiff was
folding boxes, she hit her left wrist on a folding machine;
as a result of said accident and injury the plaintiff was
temporarily totally disabled from and including January 21,
2020, to and including September 1, 2020, at which time the
plaintiff reached maximum medical improvement (MMI).
II.
The
plaintiff is entitled to benefits as provided under the
Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act.
III.
At the
time of said accident and injury, the plaintiff was receiving
an average weekly wage of $697.00 being sufficient to entitle
her to benefits of $464.67 per week for 32 1/7 weeks for
temporary total disability (TTD).
IV.
The
defendant should pay for and on behalf of the plaintiff the
itemized medical bills in the amount of $2,072.00 as set
forth in...
