Victor S. Urrutia v. Interstate Brands International

[¶ 1] After sustaining injuries in an industrial workplace accident, Victor S. Urrutia was paid total incapacity workers' compensation benefits by his employer, Interstate Brands International. For more than three years, he received the full amount of those benefits while also collecting Social Security retirement benefits. When Interstate learned that Urrutia was receiving Social Security benefits, it sought a credit, by way of a payment holiday, against ongoing incapacity payments pursuant to a statutory provision that reduces the amount of incapacity benefit payments by half of the amount…