Arctec Services, an Asrc Company, and Asrc Service Center, Appellants v. Gayle Cummings, Appellee

Summary

The court held that the word "knowingly" in the workers’ compensation fraud statute requires a subjective intent to defraud, not an objectively reasonable belief standard. Because the Board found Cummings credible when she testified that she regarded her herb-store activities as voluntary and not reportable employment, that credibility determination established that she did not knowingly make a false statement. The court therefore affirmed the Commission’s decision, though on a different ground from the Commission’s causation analysis.