NIESZ v. BILL'S DOLLAR STORES

No. 82,053.

26 Kan. App.2d 737 (1999)

993 P.2d 1246

WETONA M. NIESZ, Appellee, v. BILL'S DOLLAR STORES, and LUMBERMAN'S UNDERWRITING ALLIANCE, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise E. Tomasic and Kathleen M. Lynch, of Mustain, Higgins, Kolich, Lysaught & Tomasic, Chartered, of Kansas City, for appellants.

James M. Crowl, of Dickson & Pope, P.A., of Topeka, for appellee.

Before MARQUARDT, P.J., ELLIOTT, J., and STEPHEN R. TATUM, District Judge, assigned.


MARQUARDT, J.:

Bill's Dollar Stores (Bill's) and Lumberman's Underwriting Alliance (Lumberman's) appeal a decision of the Workers Compensation Board (Board) awarding Niesz a 60 percent work disability.

Niesz, a manager at Bill's, was injured on February 12, 1996, when she pulled a box off a shelf. Niesz notified her supervisor and sought treatment for the injury. Niesz reinjured her back at work on April 11, 1996.

Lumberman's sent Niesz to Dr. Miskew...

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