Byrd v. Ramsey Engineering

Kenneth Byrd, appellant, filed a petition in Workers’ Compensation Court to resolve a dispute over his disability benefits. The matter was heard by a court-appointed Hearing Examiner, James P. Harrington, who conducted the hearing, considered the evidence, and submitted findings of fact and conclusions of law for consideration by the court. The Workers’ Compensation Court considered the record and findings of fact and conclusions of law of the hearing examiner and entered an order and judgment on November 7, 1984. Mr. Byrd appeals this judgment.

Appellant was injured on August 18, 1976, when…