Mountainside Medical Center v. Tanner

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

After receiving workers’ compensation benefits for temporary total disability for a year, the claimant Wanda Tanner was released to work with restrictions. However, Tanner either did not find work or did not choose to work.

Under OCGA § 34-9-104 (a), the employer was entitled to convert Tanner from total disability benefits to partial disability benefits. Tanner formerly earned an average of $200 per week and received temporary total disability benefits in the amount of $133.34 per week based on that average weekly wage.

OCGA § 34-9-262 provides: “[WJhere the…