Helen Jordan v. Department of Health and Human Services

Summary

The Court vacated the decisions below and remanded for further administrative proceedings because the magistrate and commission made insufficient factual findings to permit meaningful judicial review of whether plaintiff's opioid-related disability was compensable. The commission had not adequately addressed whether plaintiff had a wage-earning-capacity limitation or whether that limitation resulted from the original workplace injury. The Court declined to make its own factual findings and directed the administrative process to develop a sufficient record.