05/06/91 Lisa Simpson V. Frontier Community Credit

In this worker's compensation action, the Chancellor awarded the employee temporary total and permanent partial disability benefits, and past and future medical expenses, but allowed a set-off to the employer for benefits paid by a company disability insurance policy. Both parties appeal. The employer complains that the Chancellor erred by permitting the re-opening of the proof to allow proof of worker's compensation coverage, and by awarding past and future medical expenses. The employee asserts that the Chancellor erred by granting the defendant a set-off against the temporary total disability award, for benefits paid by the company's disability policy, and by limiting the attorney's fee to only 20 percent of the permanent disability award.