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PRUTER v. LAMED STATE HOSPITAL

No. 84,865.

28 Kan. App.2d 302 (2000)

16 P.3d 975

VONA R. PRUTER, Appellee, v. LARNED STATE HOSPITAL, Appellant, and STATE SELF-INSURANCE FUND, Insurance Carrier/ Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Friedeman, of Watkins, Calcara, Rondeau, Friedeman, Bleeker, Glendenning & McVay, Chtd., of Great Bend, for appellants.

Robert R. Lee, of Wilson, Lee & Gurney, of Wichita, for appellee.

Timothy A. Short, of Spigarelli, McLane & Short, of Pittsburg, for amicus curiae Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Before LEWIS, P.J., WAHL, S.J., and PATRICK D. MCANANY, District Judge, assigned.

WAHL, J.:

Respondent Larned State Hospital (Larned) and the State Self-Insurance Fund (Fund) appeal from an order of the Workers Compensation Board (Board) awarding claimant Vona R. Pruter whole body permanent partial disability benefits instead of calculating Pruter's benefits based on two scheduled injuries.

Following a hearing, the administrative law judge determined Pruter suffered a 6 percent impairment to her right upper extremity and a 7 percent impairment...

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