§ 11-9-704. Proceedings on claims
(a) Notice. Within ten (10) days after a claim for compensation has been filed, the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall notify the employer and any other interested person of the filing of the claim. (b) Investigation — Hearing. (1) The commission shall make or cause to be made such investigation as it considers necessary in respect […]
§ 11-9-522. Compensation for disability — Unscheduled permanent partial disability
(a) A permanent partial disability not scheduled in § 11-9-521 shall be apportioned to the body as a whole, which shall have a value of four hundred fifty (450) weeks, and there shall be paid compensation to the injured employee for the proportionate loss of use of the body as a whole resulting from the […]
§ 11-9-705. Nature of proceedings generally
(a) Conduct of Hearing or Inquiry. (1) In making an investigation or inquiry or conducting a hearing, the Workers’ Compensation Commission shall not be bound by technical or statutory rules of evidence or by technical or formal rules of procedure, except as provided by this chapter, but may make such investigation or inquiry, or conduct […]
§ 11-9-523. Compensation for disability — Hernia
(a) In all cases of claims for hernia, it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Workers’ Compensation Commission: (1) That the occurrence of the hernia immediately followed as the result of sudden effort, severe strain, or the application of force directly to the abdominal wall; (2) That there was severe pain in the […]
§ 11-9-706. Conduct of proceedings — Contempt
(a) The Workers’ Compensation Commission shall have the power to preserve and enforce order during any proceeding had before it, to issue subpoenas for and administer oaths to and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence. (b) If any person or party in proceedings […]
§ 11-9-524. Compensation for disability — Disfigurement
(a) The Workers’ Compensation Commission shall award compensation for serious and permanent facial or head disfigurement in a sum not to exceed three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500). (b) No award for disfigurement shall be entered until twelve (12) months after the injury.
§ 11-9-707. Presumptions
In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for compensation, the following prima facie presumptions shall exist: (1) That the Workers’ Compensation Commission has jurisdiction; (2) That sufficient notice was given; and (3) That the injury was not occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to bring about the injury of himself […]
§ 11-9-525. Compensation for disability — Second injuries
(a) (1) The Second Injury Trust Fund established in this chapter is a special fund designed to ensure that an employer employing a worker with a disability will not, in the event that the worker suffers an injury on the job, be held liable for a greater disability or impairment than actually occurred while the […]
§ 11-9-708. Depositions
The Workers’ Compensation Commission may cause depositions of witnesses to be taken in such manner as it may direct.
§ 11-9-526. Compensation for disability — Refusal of employee to accept employment
If any injured employee refuses employment suitable to his or her capacity offered to or procured for him or her, he or she shall not be entitled to any compensation during the continuance of the refusal, unless in the opinion of the Workers’ Compensation Commission, the refusal is justifiable.