National Linen Service v. McGuinn

Opinion

MOON, J.

National Linen Service (National) seeks reversal of an Industrial Commission decision awarding temporary total disability benefits to Thomas McGuinn. Although the Commission found that McGuinn, who was partially disabled, had not made reasonable efforts to secure other employment in order to market his remaining employment skills, it held that because National had voluntarily paid benefits to him without a written memorandum of agreement, it was liable to McGuinn for temporary total disability benefits until it proved that it offered McGuinn suitable alternatives of employment,…