Wilkinson County Board of Education v. Johnson

Dillard, Judge.

Following the death of her husband, Violet Johnson sought dependent’s benefits from her husband’s employer, the Wilkinson County Board of Education. After an administrative-law judge (ALJ) and the State Board of Workers’ Compensation (the “Board”) denied her claim, Mrs. Johnson appealed to the superior court, which reversed the Board’s ruling and remanded the case to the ALJ for further consideration. Wilkinson County now appeals, arguing that the superior court erred in ruling that Mrs. Johnson was entitled to the presumption that her husband’s death arose out of and in the…