Sam Bloom Plumbers, Inc. v. Knapper

SHIVERS, Judge.

The employer/carrier appeal the deputy commissioner’s order awarding claimant wage-loss benefits for the period from July 28, 1982, through March 4, 1983. We affirm the award of wage-loss benefits from July 28, 1982, through the end of November of 1982, but reverse the award of wage-loss benefits as to the other months.

Claimant, a union plumber, injured his lower back and hand in a compensable accident on January 23, 1981. After his accident, claimant continued to perform light plumbing work for union employers until January of 1982. The employer/carrier thereafter voluntarily…