Wage Loss Cases: Self-Employment
(Supreme Court)
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Court holds that self-employed claimant who had not conducted job search was properly denied wage loss.
Vote: 7-0
Opinion by: Per Curiam
Wage
loss compensation requires a causal connection between the injury and
the lost wages. Where injured worker did not do a job search,
Commission did not abuse discretion by denying wage loss compensation
to self-employed injured worker. Because injured worker did not do a
job search, Commission could determine that injured worker was
self-employed due to lifestyle choice, rather than effects of injury.
Vote: 5-2
Opinion by: Per Curiam
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