Stevens v. State Compensation Mutual Insurance Fund

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a Workers’ Compensation Court order concluding that the claimant did not fraudulently obtain workers’ compensation benefits from the State Fund. The Workers’ Compensation Court also concluded that the insurer was not unreasonable in its investigation and termination of the claimant’s benefits. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

We restate the following issues on appeal and cross-appeal:

APPEAL

I. Did the Workers’ Compensation Court err in determining that the claimant, Patrick Stevens (Stevens) was not entitled to a 20 percent penalty fee…