Grant v. Leviton Manufacturing Co.

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

In this petition for certiorari, we again address the question of an employee’s burden of proof in a proceeding for workers’ compensation benefits brought pursuant to G.L.1956 § 28-33-20.1 in which the employee alleges an increase in, or the return of, a previous compensated work injury disability. The petitioner is Janice Grant (Grant), and the respondents are her two former employers, Levitón Manufacturing Co. (Levitón) and Phoenix Home Care and Nursing (Phoenix). Her petitions against each former employer had been consolidated for hearing before the Workers’…