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Texas

STONE LOUGHLIN & SWANSON, LLP

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How the burden of proof determines the outcome of a case.

 

In Appeal No. 230067 issued March 3, 2023, the Appeal Panel reversed the ALJ’s decision that the carrier is entitled to reduce the claimant’s IIBs by 50% based on contribution from an earlier compensable injury and rendered a new decision that the carrier is not entitled to a reduction of the claimant’s IIBs.  The Appeals Panel held that the carrier still bore the burden of proof at the hearing even though the Division issued an order approving the carrier’s application for contribution which the claimant appealed.  The Appeals Panel held that because the carrier failed to present a cumulative impact analysis, it did not meet its burden of proof.  The Appeals Panel analogized the case to the situation in which the Division determines a claimant is entitled to first quarter SIBs and the carrier appeals the determination.  In that situation, the employee still has the burden of proof at the hearing.  The decision was authored by Appeals Panel Judge Carisa Space-Beam. Appeal No. 230067, filed March 3, 2023.


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