Diamond Fuel Oil v. O'NEAL

WALSH, Justice:

In this appeal we consider the issue of a claimant’s burden of proof for causation concerning a compensable occupational disease under Delaware workers’ compensation law. The Superior Court reversed a denial by the Industrial Accident Board (the “Board”) of appellant John S. O’Neal’s (“O’Neal”) claim for total disability benefits. The Board had found that O’Neal failed to prove causation. Initially, a panel of this Court affirmed the Superior Court’s decision. Diamond Fuel Oil v. O’Neal, Del.Supr., No. 399, 1998 (Jan. 21, 1999) (ORDER). By order dated March 19, 1999, this Court…