Cain v. Woolley Enterprises

Claimant seeks workers’ compensation benefits for aggravation of a low back injury. The referee set aside the State Accident Insurance Fund’s (SAIF) denial of claimant’s aggravation claim and ordered reopening for treatment recommended by claimant’s doctor. The Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) reversed the referee and on reconsideration declined to remand to the referee for taking additional evidence obtained during surgery authorized that was at SAIF’s expense pursuant to the referee’s order. The Court of Appeals denied claimant’s motion to have the court either hear the evidence or…