Brown v. a M Logging

|aIn this worker’s compensation case, the Office of Workers’ Compensation (“OWC”) awarded the claimant, Joseph Brown, indemnity benefits based on a finding of permanent and total disability, penalties, attorneys’ fees, costs, and legal interest on the indemnity benefits, penalties, and attorneys’ fees. The employer, A M Logging has appealed, urging that the OWC: 1) erred by admitting into evidence and relying on a vocational evaluation report offered by Brown and abused its discretion by awarding Brown the costs associated with this report; 2) erred in finding Brown to be totally and…