State ex rel. Canter v. Industrial Commission

In his first proposition of law, appellant argues that “[flor a pre-1974 injury, the Industrial Commission may not terminate a claimant’s temporary total disability benefits on the basis that claimant’s injury had become permanent.” He contends that “* * * it was an abuse of discretion for the Industrial Commission to terminate his temporary total disability until such time as he either was capable of returning to his former position of employment or he has reached the maximum of $10,750.00, whichever is first.”2

This argument was resolved in the recent case of State, ex rel. Kirk, v.…