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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-745" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Claims Procedure, Hearings, and Appeals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The proceedings in an appeal shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be informal and summary; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provide each party a full opportunity to be heard.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In each court proceeding under this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the decision of the Commission is presumed to be prima facie correct; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the party challenging the decision has the burden of proof.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The court shall determine whether the Commission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>justly considered all of the facts about the accidental personal injury, occupational disease, or compensable hernia;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>exceeded the powers granted to it under this title; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>misconstrued the law and facts applicable in the case decided.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On a motion of any party filed with the clerk of the court in accordance with the practice in civil cases, the court shall submit to a jury any question of fact involved in the case.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the court determines that the Commission acted within its powers and correctly construed the law and facts, the court shall confirm the decision of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the court determines that the Commission did not act within its powers or did not correctly construe the law and facts, the court shall reverse or modify the decision or remand the case to the Commission for further proceedings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
