OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTY COMPANY v. Hulsey

Carlisle, Presiding Judge.

1. While it has been held that the disability for which compensation is payable under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act is the economic disability which the employee suffers as the result of an injury, this economic disability is to be measured solely by the difference in the earning capacity of the employee before and after the injury. Accordingly, income received by the employee from outside sources and in no way attributable to his earning capacity is not to be taken into account by the board in fixing the amount of compensation for the period of…