General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. McDaniel

1. Under the provisions of sections 30 and 31 of the workmen’s compensation act, if the incapacity for work resulting from a compensable injury received by an employee be not total, he is entitled to compensation equal to one half of the difference between his average weekly wage before the injury and the wage which, despite such injury, he is capable of earning at some other employment suitable to his impaired capacity. If the incapacity be total, he is entitled, by way of compensation, to one half of the average weekly wage prior to the injury. The incapacity is total so long as the injured…