Emmpak Foods, Inc. v. Labor & Industry Review Commission

¶ 1. This is an appeal of a worker's compensation decision. Emmpak and its insurer challenge Dennis Race's receipt of temporary total disability (TTD) benefits after he was terminated for violating plant safety rules. Emmpak argues that it was Race's rule violation, and not his injury, that caused his wage loss and that he was therefore not eligible for TTD. We disagree and affirm. Race had a work-related injury that rendered him unable to use his left hand. At the time Race was fired, he was within his healing period and had not regained the use of the hand. He thus suffered a wage loss…