Jefferson County Public Schools/Jefferson County Board of Education v. Stephens

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) and the Court of Appeals have affirmed an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ’s) finding that the fall in which the claimant broke her hip was work-related. Appealing, the employer continues to assert that the fall was idiopathic (i.e., that it was caused by something personal to the claimant rather than the employment), that it was not compensable, and that the ALJ shifted the burden of proof to the employer. Having concluded that the ALJ did not shift the burden of proof to the employer or otherwise misapply the law to the facts of…