Home Depot v. Pettigrew

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

We granted Home Depot and its workers’ compensation servicing agent’s (collectively, “Home Depot”) application for discretionary appeal from the superior court’s order striking a factual finding in an administrative law judge’s (“ALJ”) compensation award. Because the superior court has authority only to affirm, reverse, or remand for further proceedings, it exceeded its authority by striking a portion of the award. For reasons that follow, we conclude that the superior court should have remanded the case to the State Board of Workers’ Compensation for a further…