Nurse Gets Permanent Total Disability Benefits for Injuries from Fall

The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for an injured nurse. Case: MLM Support Services v. Miller, No. CV-25-61, 11/12/2025, published. Facts and procedural history: Tammy Miller worked as a nurse for the Sisters of Mercy Health System. She fell while at work in January 2016. An administrative law judge in February 2021 found Miller failed to prove she was permanently and totally disabled. However, the judge also found she suffered a significant loss of wage-earning capacity equal to a 60% loss of overall work capacity.  The Workers Compen...