Northrup King & Co. v. Fisher

Northrup King & Company (employer) seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order holding that claimant was entitled to temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for the period during which he was incarcerated in prison. It contends that claimant was not a “worker” while he was incarcerated. We hold that, whether or not employer is correct, it could not terminate the benefits unilaterally. Therefore, we affirm.

Claimant suffered a compensable injury in September, 1984, while working for employer, which initially denied the claim but later accepted it. Claimant had bone-graft surgery in…