Claim of Fisher v. Combined Life Insurance

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 29, 1999, which ruled that claimant was not entitled to an award of reduced earnings after January 5, 1996.

In November 1995, claimant injured his neck, back and knee in a work-related automobile accident. Claimant apparently received workers’ compensation benefits for total disability through January 5, 1996, but the employer contested claimant’s entitlement to benefits for a partial disability thereafter contending, inter alia, that claimant had no reduced earnings subsequent to January 5, 1996. The Workers’ Compensation…