Graham v. Dokter Trucking Group

Greene, J.:

John Graham’s employer, Dokter Trucking Group and Soldier Creek Transportation, together with its insurers, Union *522Insurance Company and Continental Western Insurance Company, appeal the award of work disability benefits to Graham by the Workers Compensation Board (Board), arguing that Graham failed to prove a wage loss because his purported inability to work a 40-hour week was not substantiated by a physician’s restriction, but rather was the result of a self-imposed “restriction” due to reported pain. Concluding that the material statute requires a physician’s opinion in support…