Young v. Supplier Services, LLC

PAINTER, Judge.

|,The employer in this workers’ compensation case, Supplier Services LLC, denied indemnity and medical benefits to the employee, Richard Young, after intoximeter alcohol tests indicated intoxication at the time of the accident. Though the tests failed to comply with workers’ compensation statutory requirements and could not be used to establish a presumption of intoxication, the Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) admitted them along with other subjective evidence to prove intoxication.

Benefits, penalties, and attorney fees were awarded to Mr. Young after the WCJ rejected the…