Snyder v. Consolidated Library District No. 3

LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Judge.

Sharon Snyder appeals the denial of her workers compensation claim by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. Ms. Snyder contends the Commission exceeded its authority in reversing a benefit award granted by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) because the Commission did not hear additional evidence and substituted its own credibility determinations for those of the ALJ. For reasons explained herein, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural History

On January 17, 2006, Ms. Snyder visited her primary care physician, Dr. Ghazal Shaikh, complaining of numbness in her left…