Gettman v. State Accident Insurance Fund

*611LENT, J.

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether a claimant’s potential for retraining justifies denying him an award of compensation for permanent total disability.

The record discloses the following undisputed facts. The claimant is a 59 year old man who worked as a laborer and park attendant for the Portland Parks Bureau for 27 years. On March 16, 1977, claimant suffered a back injury in a fall at work. The claimant could not return to his former job. On April 21, 1978, the Workers’ Compensation Department (Department) ordered State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) to pay…