Venezelos v. Department of Labor & Industries

The plaintiff-appellant applied to the Department of Labor and Industries to reopen his industrial insurance case. He is seeking an increase in compensation on the ground of aggravation of an industrial injury. The Supervisor of Industrial Insurance, and, subsequently, the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, denied any additional benefits. Before commencement of trial in the superior court, counsel for the Department of Labor and Industries moved to dismiss the appellant’s case on the ground that the certified appeal board record contained insufficient evidence to establish a prima facie…