Paine v. Beek's Pizza

KELLEY, Justice.

The employer of respondent Jay C. Paine and its insurer appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals holding that respondent was entitled to temporary total disability payments for 350 weeks terminating on March 6, 1979 and was totally disabled after that date. In so doing, the court of appeals rejected relators’ contention that Paine had voluntarily left gainful employment and moved to an area in which, practically speaking, there were nonexistent employment opportunities for one with Paine’s disabilities. We, therefore, are confronted with the issue…