Court Reverses PTD Award for Worker's Injuries from Car Crash

An Arkansas appellate court ruled that a 64-year-old worker with a limited education and job skills was not permanently and totally disabled by her back and shoulder injuries from an on-the-job car accident. Case: Pruitt v. Community Development Institute, No. CV-13-274, 10/02/2013, published.Facts: Brend Pruitt suffered compensable injuries in 2009 when a van she was driving for her employer hydroplaned off a roadway. Her doctors assigned her a 13% permanent anatomical impairment for her back injury and a 1% permanent impairment for her shoulder injury.Pruitt is subject to a permane...