Garcia v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

Buser, J.:

This is an appeal of a workers compensation case. The administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that Candelario Garcia had an 8% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole and awarded him 33.2 weeks of permanent partial disability pay totaling $10,501.16. The ALJ also determined that Garcia was not entitled to work disability because Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. (Tyson) had terminated him for cause. The Kansas Workers Compensation Board (Board) affirmed the findings. Garcia appeals.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 11, 2014, while working on light janitorial duty at…