Johnson v. Herbie's Place

LEVINSON, Judge.

This appeal arises from two consolidated actions: (1) a workers’ compensation claim filed by plaintiff Michael Johnson, and (2) a petition for assessment of administrative penalty filed by the Industrial Commission against defendants (Herbie’s Place, L.L.C., and Bill Kennedy, individually), plaintiff’s employer. Defendants appeal both the award of disability benefits to plaintiff and the assessment of a civil penalty. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The procedural history of this case is as follows: On 24 January 2000, plaintiff filed an Industrial Commission Form 18,…