Employer Can't Reduce TTD Benefits to Terminated Worker

The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits after he was terminated from his position as a garbage collector and began working jobs that paid less than his pre-injury wages. Case: Taylor v. Waste Management of New Mexico Inc., No. A-1-CA-37503, filed 04/06/2021, published 07/20/2021. Facts: In January 2013, Bryan Taylor underwent training to be a residential garbage collector for Waste Management of New Mexico Inc. A garbage container fell through the gripper of the truck and landed inside the hopper. Taylor was direc...