State ex rel. Eaton Corp. v. Lancaster

In each of the cases before us, continued payment of temporary total disability compensation was ordered despite a finding that the claimant’s condition had become permanent. The commission concedes that in each case, compensation was continued pursuant to a long-standing commission policy, as contained in a memorandum of October 21, 1987. Specifically, the policy provided that hearing officers, in their discretion, could continue temporary total benefits, despite evidence of permanency, where the claimant had applied for permanent total disability compensation and appeared to meet the…