Seminole Inn v. Ray

SHIVERS, Judge.

The employer/carrier appeal from a workers’ compensation order awarding claimant 40% permanent partial disability benefits of the body as a whole due to loss of wage-earning capacity. We reverse the *1062award of permanent partial disability benefits because the record shows the claimant did not conduct a good faith job search.

The 30 year old claimant suffered a com-pensable low-back injury on March 11,1978. Treating physician Dr. Dale testified that claimant reached maximum medical improvement on March 6, 1980, with a 20% anatomical impairment. He testified that the claimant could…