Kroger v. Ligon

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision in which the Workers’ Compensation Board held that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred by denying future medical benefits for the claimant’s work-related injury but that the evidence did not compel an award of permanent income benefits.

Appealing, the employer asserts that the Board should not have disturbed the decision to deny future medical benefits because it was supported by substantial evidence under a correct interpretation of the law. The claimant asserts in a cross-appeal that the evidence compelled the ALJ to find…