Clarion Manufacturing Corp. of America v. Justice

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns whether the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred in dismissing a claim for workers’ compensation benefits based upon a finding that the claimant had misrepresented her educational level .on the employment application, thereby precluding the formation of a contract of employment.

It is undisputed that claimant has only a tenth grade education. Nonetheless, in her written application for employment with the defendant-employer she indicated that she had graduated from high school in 1982, and there was evidence that she made similar statements in various…