A & R Concrete Construction v. Lightner

PIERCE, Judge.

Petitioners, A & R Concrete Construction and State Compensation Insurance Authority (Authority), seek review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) which held that Gary T. Lightner (claimant) was entitled to temporary disability benefits pending implementation of a vocational rehabilitation program. We affirm the order.

Claimant’s physician reported that claimant reached maximum medical improvement on August 20,1986. Pursuant to this opinion, petitioners filed a second admission of liability which purported to terminate their previously admitted liability…