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DOUGHERTY v. SWIFT-ECKRICH, INC.

No. S-95-1119.

557 N.W.2d 31 (1996)

251 Neb. 333

Jim DOUGHERTY, Appellee, v. SWIFT-ECKRICH, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Stouffer, of Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas, Omaha, for appellant.

Thomas F. Dowd, of Dowd & Dowd, Omaha, for appellee.

WHITE, C.J., and CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, and GERRARD, JJ.

CAPORALE, Justice.

Upon the petition of the plaintiff-appellee employee, Jim Dougherty, the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court increased the benefits it had previously awarded him. The defendant-appellant employer, Swift-Eckrich, Inc., thereupon appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals. That court determined that the compensation court lacked the authority to modify its earlier award and thus reversed the judgment and...

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