Ransier v. State Industrial Insurance System

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, J.:

Appellant James R. Ransier filed a claim with the State Industrial Insurance System for a knee injury. The appeals officer reduced Ransier’s award because of a previous knee injury. The district court affirmed that decision.

Ransier contends the district court should not have apportioned his award between the two injuries. As substantial evidence supports the apportionment, we affirm that decision. Ransier also contends that SIIS may not seek recoupment of benefits paid him that were later found unwarranted on appeal. We agree and reverse the district court…