Woody v. Cello-Foil Products

We are asked again1 to address appellate administrative review in the worker’s compensation arena: to determine what are sufficient findings of fact by a magistrate and to clarify the substantial evidence standard adopted by the Legislature in 1985.2 In this case, I would conclude that the magistrate did make sufficient findings of fact regarding causation and that the Worker’s Compensation Appellate Commission exceeded its appellate review authority by substituting its own factual findings for those of the magistrate. Therefore, I would reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and…