Palmer v. ITT Hancock

Defendants appeal by leave granted from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission, which modified a magistrate’s award of closed benefits by awarding plaintiff continuing benefits for a partial disability. In this appeal we have been asked to determine (1) the proper standard for this Court to utilize in reviewing decisions of the appellate commission, and (2) whether the appellate commission erred in modifying the magistrate’s closed award of benefits. In order to answer these questions it is necessary for us to analyze and understand the differing roles of the appellate…