Mattick v. Hy-Vee Foods Stores

OPINION

MCKEIG, Justice.

This case requires us to determine whether the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) exceeded the scope of its review when it reversed the compensation judge’s decision to deny benefits to respondent-employee Debra K. Mattick. Because the compensation judge’s decision was supported by substantial evidence, we conclude that the WCCA exceeded the scope of its review. Accordingly, we reverse the WCCA’s decision and reinstate the compensation judge’s decision.

FACTS

Mattick has worked as a cake decorator at a Hy-Vee store in Albert Lea since 2001. In 2000, before she…