Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Corfman

This is a workmen's compensation case.

Three appeals have been consolidated here because the issues are the same in each case.

The dispositive issues on appeal are (1) whether the trial court erred in finding a certain percent of loss of ability to earn when it was shown that the employees' post-injury earnings were as much or more than their average weekly earnings before the injury, and (2) whether the employer should have been allowed a "credit" for post-injury earnings.

The facts are not in dispute. All three employees were injured on the job. Two suffered severe back injuries that left them…