Mee v. Metropolitan Transit Commission

PETERSON, Justice.

Employee seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals denying him retraining benefits pursuant to a finding that retraining is not necessary in spite of a prior determination that he is temporarily totally disabled and has a 10% permanent partial disability to the back. Having concluded that the record does not support the finding that employee is not in need of retraining, we reverse.

Employee, a busdriver, sustained injuries in a work-related accident on April 8, 1977. His claim for compensation was contested, but in May 1978 he was awarded…