Brown v. Paducah Rigging, Inc.

| .CHEHARDY, Judge.

-In this workers’ compensation proceeding, the hearing officer granted defendant’s motion for involuntary dismissal at the close of the claimant’s case-in-chief at trial. For the following reasons, we vacate and remand.

At the June 16, 1999 trial, the parties stipulated that the claimant, Ike Brown, was involved in a work-related accident on October 30, 1997, while employed by defendant, Paducah Rigging, Inc. The parties also stipulated as to Mr. Brown’s average weekly wage, his compensation rate, and to the admissibility of fourteen exhibits, consisting of the medical…