Western Casualty & Surety Co. v. Adkins

VANCE, Judge.

The question is whether an employer who has voluntarily paid an injured employee benefits for total injury during the penden-cy of a proceeding before the Worker’s Compensation Board can take credit on a final award for permanent partial disability for the total amount voluntarily paid or credit only for the amount of the . permanent partial award multiplied by the number of weeks the voluntary payment was made.

The appellee was injured on August 3, 1978. For the period from August 3, 1978, to February 6, 1979, the appellant voluntarily paid appellee benefits for temporary total…