Mullaney v. Gilbane Building Co.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

These consolidated petitions came before us from separate decrees of the Workers Compensation Commission denying benefits to three employees. In each case the trial commissioner ruled that since the employee’s alleged disease or injury arose after the employee voluntarily withdrew from the work force, there was no earning capacity that could have been lost or diminished by the employee’s disease or injury. The Workers Compensation Appellate Commission affirmed the trial commissioner in each instance. We affirm.

The essential facts of each case are un-contradicted. In the…