Vernon County v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

The appellants state the issue thusly:

“Is there credible evidence in the record to sustain the entry by the Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations of an interlocutory order retaining jurisdiction for the purpose of determining any permanent partial disability”?

We believe there is.

The appellants argue that the law places the burden of proof upon the employee to establish by credible evidence that he has sustained a permanent injury and that the department’s orders cannot rest upon mere conjectures or possibilities.

We readily acknowledge that this is the proper rule in workmen’s…