Bradley v. Mission St. Joseph's

WYNN, Judge.

When an employer uses a Form 63 to make payments to an employee for a workers' compensation claim without prejudice to later deny that claim, the employer must show that it had reasonable grounds to support its initial uncertainty as to the claim's compensability.1 Plaintiff Donna Bradley argues that the Industrial Commission's findings of fact were not supported by any evidence demonstrating that Defendant Mission St. Joseph's Health System had reasonable grounds to file a Form 63 in response to her claim for workers' compensation benefits. Because we find that, at the time the…