No compensation shall be allowed for the first seven calendar days of disability, except as provided in section 48-120 , but if disability extends beyond the period of seven calendar days, compensation shall begin on the eighth calendar day of disability, except that if such disability continues for six weeks or longer, compensation shall be computed from the date disability began. For purposes of this section, a partial day of disability shall be deemed a calendar day of disability.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-119
Compensation; from what date computed
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Hobza v. Seedorff Masonry, Inc. (2000)
Most recently applied in Russell v. Kerry, Inc. (December 2009)
Laws 1913, c. 198, § 19, p. 585; R.S.1913, § 3660; Laws 1917, c. 85, § 5, p. 202; Laws 1921, c. 122, § 1, p. 520; C.S.1922, § 3042; C.S.1929, § 48-119; R.S.1943, § 48-119; Laws …
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