Court Overturns Denial of Compensability for ED-Stricken Man's Heart Surgery

The Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled that the compensation court applied the wrong standard to determine whether an employer was liable for the cost of a worker’s coronary bypass procedure to prepare him for the implantation of a penile prosthesis. Case: Carr v. Ganz, No. A-17-161, 06/12/2018, published.   Facts and procedural history: Richard Carr worked for Gordon Ganz, the proprietor of G & H Farms. Carr fell off of a horse at work, sustaining symphysis pubis and sacral fractures, and a hernia. He also developed urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction. Ganz accepted l...