Motor Convoy, Inc. v. Maddox

Sognier, Judge.

Motor Convoy, Inc. and its insurer, Transport Insurance Co., were granted this discretionary appeal from a judgment of the superior court reversing the decision of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation and reinstating the award of the ALJ assessing punitive attorney fees against Motor Convoy and Transport Insurance and in favor of Claimant Maddox.

Appellants contend that the trial court erred when it substituted itself as the trier of fact and rejected the Board’s findings on the issue of the reasonableness of appellants’ actions for purposes of assessing attorney fees under…