Compensation of Mavis v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The Workers’ Compensation Board ordered SAIF to pay claimant temporary total disability (TTD) for about three months of time loss and a 25 percent penalty because of unreasonable denial of his claim. We reverse the penalty award on the ground that the issue was not properly raised. We remand the TTD award on the ground that the record is unintelligible.

Claimant suffered a compensable back injury on January 31, 1978, and returned to work May 1 or 2, 1978. It is not clear what compensation he received for that period. His noncomplying employer initially paid him about $400 directly — the…