Tyson Poultry, Inc. v. Francisco Narvaiz

Summary

The court affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s award of additional temporary-total-disability benefits, five-percent wage-loss disability, and attorney’s fees, while vacating the court of appeals’ contrary decision. It held that terminating an injured employee for misconduct does not constitute a refusal of suitable employment under the applicable statute, and that substantial evidence supported the Commission’s findings concerning the employee’s healing period and wage loss. The court also concluded that the Commission properly applied the legislature’s required strict construction of workers’ compensation statutes.