Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Mejorado

This workers’ compensation case presents the question whether a claimant seeking additional benefits in a review-reopening proceeding must prove a change of condition after the filing of a memorandum of agreement with the industrial commissioner (commissioner). The claimant Susa-no Mejorado was awarded additional benefits in a review-reopening proceeding. Both the deputy industrial commissioner and the commissioner determined that Me-jorado was obligated to prove only the extent of his disability and the causal connection between his disability and his work-related injury. The district court…