Woodman v. Grace Bomac Drilling

MACY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying the application of appellant Terry Woodman to reopen his worker’s compensation case and for modification of the original award seeking additional benefits received for an injury he sustained while employed by appellee Grace Bomac Drilling.

Appellant presents the following issues on appeal:

“I. ONCE THE INJURED CLAIMANT IN A WORKMAN’S COMPENSATION CASE ESTABLISHES AN ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE, DOES THE BURDEN OF GOING FORWARD WITH THE EVIDENCE THEN SHIFT TO THE EMPLOYER TO SHOW THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT…