State ex rel. Pretty Products, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

This case presents the question of whether the Industrial Commission abused its discretion by finding that the claimant did not voluntarily abandon her position of employment, and that further temporary total disability compensation should be awarded. Because of the vagueness of the commission’s order, we must remand for further explanation and clarification of the reasoning supporting that order.

The receipt of temporary total disability (“TTD”) compensation rests on a claimant’s inability to return to his or her former job as a direct result of an industrial injury. State ex rel. Ramirez v.…