· 6/25/2004
Cowen v. Wal-Mart
Citations
- 93 P.3d 420
- 2004 Alas. LEXIS 80
- 2004 WL 1418693
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- noting that \the evidence that was sufficient to rebut the presumption of compensa-bility was also sufficient to support the board's determination\ as to the preponderance of the evidence
- noting that evidence sufficient to rebut the presumption was also sufficient to support Board’s decision
- explaining that a reasonable mind could rely on medical opinion to decide that medical problem was not caused by work injury and that this opinion rebutted the presumption
- noting that board reasonably discounted testimony of doctor with limited experience
- explaining same evidence may both rebut presumption of compensability and show by preponderance of evidence that injury was not work-related
- “The evidence that was sufficient to rebut the presumption of compensability was also sufficient to support the [B]oard’s determination that [the claimant] failed to show by a preponderance of the evidence that her injury was work-related.”
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Judges: Eastaugh, Fare, Carpeneti, Bryner, Matthews
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