Dorn v. A. J. Chromy Construction Co.

Yetka, Justice.

The employer and insurer seek review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board awarding the employee benefits for temporary partial disability. The issue raised is whether this award is proper in a situation where the employee is working full time at a lesser rate of pay after having been terminated by his employer for reasons unrelated to his compensable injury. We affirm.

The employee, 35 years old at the time of the compensation hearing, has a tenth-grade education and an employment history primarily involving drafting, surveying, and supervising construction projects.…