SAIF Corp. v. Vivanco

SAIF Corporation seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that it was required to pay claimant benefits for temporary total, rather than temporary partial, disability for his compensable injury from the time claimant was terminated from his employment with employer to the time his physician released him for regular work. We agree with SAIF that claimant was entitled only to temporary partial disability benefits, and we therefore reverse and remand for reconsideration.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On January 9, 2005, claimant suffered a compensable injury…