Compensable Consequence Found Without 'Magic Word'

The Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled that a small bowel obstruction was a compensable consequence of a gunshot brain injury and resultant paralysis suffered by the injured worker, even though the medical evidence failed to use 'magic words.' In Michel v. Nuway Drug Service, Inc. (A-05-1351, 07/11/2006) Michel filed a petition, stating that on January 5, 1973, he suffered an injury when a bullet struck him above his right eye at work. As a result of his gunshot wound, Michel suffers from left-sided paralysis with associated brain injury, complex partial seizures, and muscle contraction heada...