Kohlman v. Indiana University

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Evelia R. Kohlman appeals a negative award entered by the Worker’s Compensation Board of Indiana (the Board), which denied her request for temporary partial disability benefits, presenting the following restated issue for review:

Does the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Act permit an employer to deny TPD benefits after an employee’s injuries have reached a permanent and quiescent state?

We affirm.

The facts favorable to the judgment are that on September 15, 1993, Kohlman was driving a bus for her employer, Indiana University (I.U.) when she hit a “pothole”. The force of…