Ideal Mutual Insurance v. Ray

The sole question for determination in this case is whether after a workmen’s compensation case has been reversed and remanded by the Court of Appeals, with direction leaving the way open for the board to hear new evidence, make new findings of fact, and enter a new award, the board should proceed as set out in Code § 114-707, with review as set out in § 114-708, or whether it proceeds only under § 114-708. The majority opinion holds to the latter view. While the question has never been specifically passed upon, physical precedents show that the board has in such instances followed the former…