Hanmer v. Wes Barrette Masonry

COYNE, Justice.

The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA), by majority decision, affirmed a compensation judge’s denial of benefits for temporary partial disability. We affirm.

Employee, a 29-year-old former professional hockey player, worked as a brick tender for employer Wes Barrette Masonry at a weekly wage of $447.30. He sustained two work-related back injuries, the first one on July 2, 1981, and the second on October 15, 1982. Following the second surgery, employee was no longer able to continue work as a brick tender because of his disability. By agreement, employee was paid 25%…