Burdette v. Chandler Telecom, LLC

Dillard, Judge.

Adrian Burdette, who was seriously injured after falling from a cell-phone tower while working for Chandler Telecom, LLC (“Chandler”), appeals the State Board of Workers’ Compensation’s (the “Board”) decision to deny him benefits, which the superior court affirmed by operation of law. On appeal, Burdette argues that the Board erred in finding that his act of descending the tower by “controlled-descent,”1 contrary to company policy, was “willful misconduct,” which barred his recovery. He further contends that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”), who presided over the hearing on *191…