Nicholson v. Sammons Enterprises, Inc.

This is an appeal in a workers’ compensation proceeding from the deputy commissioner’s order denying temporary total and/or temporary partial disability and/or wage loss benefits from August 2, 1982 through August 23, 1983. The deputy commissioner found that although claimant had conducted an adequate, good faith work search, claimant had not shown that his wage loss was related to his compensable injury. We must determine whether the deputy erred when he held himself bound by vague and questionable testimony, simply because no contrary evidence was presented. We conclude that the deputy…