Young v. COLUMBUS CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT

Hunstein, Justice.

The claimant in this workers’ compensation case sustained an on-the-job back injury on April 9, 1991. The panel physician assigned claimant to light-duty work, and appellee-employer provided a light duty job of cleaning trucks. Claimant worked at this task for one day but left work the following day and did not return. The panel physician then returned claimant to regular-duty work on June 21, 1991. The Board awarded the claimant income benefits for the entire period based on a finding that the claimant was unable to perform the light-duty work assigned to him. However, that…