Claim of Cicinnati v. Clare Rose, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 10, 2008, which, among other things, ruled that claimant voluntarily withdrew from the labor market.

Claimant, a route salesperson for a beer distributor, injured his back in December 2004 and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. On March 30, 2007, four days after his return from a period of lost time related to his compensable injury, claimant was terminated for insubordination arising out of an altercation that he had with a customer. Asserting that his. reduced earnings subsequent to his termination were caused…