Baldwin v. Orient Express Restaurant

Mark Baldwin appeals from the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court denying him retroactive reinstatement of temporary total disability benefits; denying him an increase in award for unreasonable delay or refusal to pay; and denying his request for attorney’s fees and costs. We affirm.

Claimant was thirty-four years old at the time of the hearing. In 1984, while employed as a cook at the Orient Express Restaurant in Flathead County, claimant lifted a bucket of crabs weighing approximately forty pounds. As he twisted to kick the door open, claimant felt his back wrench. Claimant felt pain…