Save-A-Lot Food Stores v. James Amos

McFadden, Judge.

This appeal is by an employer from a superior court order reversing an administrative denial of workers’ compensation benefits to an employee. Although the superior court ruled that the State Board of Workers’ Compensation held the employee to an unfairly heightened standard of proof, a review of the decisions of the Appellate Division and the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) shows otherwise. Accordingly, we reverse.

1. Facts and procedural posture.

On appeal from an award of the Appellate Division of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, this [c]ourt examines the record to…