Minnick v. South Metro Fire Protection District

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (the “Commission”) denying Appellant Milton Minnick any recovery for temporary partial disability. Finding that the Commission erroneously declared and applied the law in denying benefits to Mr. Minnick without determining whether he suffered a loss of earning capacity on the open labor market, we remand for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellant Milton Minnick worked as a firefighter and paramedic for Respondent…