Court Opinion

ID: 9883391
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 01:41:37.123112+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:18.067904
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Willis, J.,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. In my view, the record in this case, even without a formal proffer, clearly supports the deputy commissioner’s ruling that the nature of Hylton’s business in 1986 and 1987 and number of persons he then employed were not relevant to prove that he regularly had in his service three or more employees in 1989 when the claimant was injured. While I do not intend to suggest that a deputy commissioner may frustrate appellate review by refusing a proffer of evidence, the circumstances of this case make clear that the deputy commissioner’s ruling was correct.
Accordingly, I would affirm.