Manpower Temporary Services v. Sioson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting the employer was responsible for providing a van based, in part, on the fact that prior to her injury,the employee did not need or want a van
• affirming decision requiring employer to pay for modified van for injured employee
• noting repairs, fuel, title, license, and insurance costs would depend on the extent to which the employee used the van and were not issues of medical necessity and could therefore be the responsibility of the employee
• “[T]he van is merely an extension of Miya’s 300-pound wheelchair. Without a van she is, more than need be, a prisoner of her severe paralysis.”
• “Because it is disputed, the reasonableness part of the question is factual.”
• affirming the award of a van in an alternate-care proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).