Allegheny Airlines, Inc. v. Merillat

Opinion

ELDER, J.

Allegheny Airlines, Inc. (now U.S. Air) and Twin City Fire Insurance Co. appeal from an award of temporary total disability benefits by the Industrial Commission. On appeal, appellants assert that the full commission erred: (1) when it failed to hold that principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel barred compensation, where an earlier claim for compensation based on the same injury but for different time periods was rejected; and (2) when it entered an award of temporary total disability benefits where there was no evidence of wage loss and claimant allegedly did not…