Model Laundry & Dry Cleaning v. Simmons

David Newbern, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation appeal we are asked to decide the following questions: (1) whether the “maintenance expenses” part of the rehabilitation benefits provided by Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1310(f) (Supp. 1979), may be based on income reduction which occurs during a retraining period; (2) whether the statutory penalty for late payments provided by Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1319 (f), (Repl. 1976), extends to late payment of medical bills and attorney’s fees or is limited to compensation installments which should have been paid to the claimant; and (3) whether there was…