Barrett Business Services, Inc. v. Stewart

This workers’ compensation case requires us to determine whether Barrett Business Services, Inc. (Barrett), having accepted responsibility for claimant’s compensable injury, was entitled subsequently to issue a “back-up” denial based on evidence obtained after claim acceptance, indicating that an earlier employer, Freightliner LLC (Freightliner), was responsible. The Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) rejected Barrett’s argument, concluding that the denial was not based on ‘later obtained evidence.” We review the Board’s understanding of what ‘later obtained evidence” means for errors of…