Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Overdorff

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, a self-insured employer, appeals the trial court's judgment affirming the award of time loss compensation to a former employee injured while in the course of employment. Kaiser contends (1) the former employee was not *292entitled to time loss compensation benefits during the period in dispute; he was collecting retirement benefits at the time, and (2) the court erred in awarding the former employee attorney fees. We reverse.

On February 2, 1983, Gene Overdorff, then age 55, suffered a right inguinal hernia while shoveling coke at Kaiser's Mead plant. He…