Watson v. Winston-Salem Transit Authority

EAGLES, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case plaintiff, Delois Watson, claims that she should receive continuing temporary total disability benefits for the period of time that her employer refused to allow her to return to work. We hold that the Industrial Commission erred in finding that because plaintiff reached maximum medical improvement she was not entitled to additional temporary total disability payments. Accordingly, we vacate and remand.

The standard of review in workers’ compensation cases is whether there is any competent evidence before the Industrial Commission to support its…