Chrysler Corporation v. Duff

QUILLEN, Chancellor:

The employee Ernest Duff was injured at Chrysler Corporation when a car bumper fell and hit him on the head. After a hearing, the Industrial Accident Board decided that Mr. Duff was disabled and granted him total disability compensation. In an unusual comment in its opinion the Board said:

“It may be that the claimant’s total disability will end soon or perhaps has already ended. If this is the case though, the employer can file the necessary petition.”

Chrysler Corporation filed a petition for review alleging that employee’s total disability had terminated. A hearing was…