Powe v. Centerpoint Human Services

I respectfully dissent from the majority Opinion and Award, herein, on the issue of whether Plaintiff met her burden of demonstrating that she is entitled to a reinstatement of her workers' compensation benefits as of June 22, 2006, based upon her willingness to cooperate and demonstrated compliance with Defendants' vocational rehabilitation efforts.

On June 2, 2006, the Full Commission suspended Plaintiff's temporary total disability compensation for refusal to cooperate with vocational rehabilitation provided by Defendants, but further ordered Defendants to reinstate temporary total…