Bahre v. Hogbloom

The plaintiff, on December 17, 1954,
while employed by the named defendant, sustained a
back injury arising out of and in the course of
his employment. He was paid temporary total
compensation until March 2, 1965, pursuant to
awards entered by the workmen's compensation
commissioner. After payments had been made for
total incapacity for a period of more than nine
years, the commissioner found that as of March 2,
1965, the plaintiff had a capacity for work and thus
had only a permanent partial disability and reduced
his compensation rate accordingly; and, thereafter,
payments for partial disability were made to July 22,
1968. On July 27, 1968, however, the plaintiff underwent
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surgery in the form of a spinal fusion. He
again became totally disabled and the commissioner
then ordered that temporary total payments be
resumed as of July 22, 1968, and continue
until it could be shown that the incapacity
from the injury had decreased or ceased.