Where a workers compensation appeal challenges a tribunal’s weighing of conflicting medical evidence without identifying an extricable legal question, the appellate court applies the palpable and overriding error standard through the statutory real merits framework and does not reweigh the evidence. The Court dismissed the appeal without costs.
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Bell v. Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission, 2026 NBCA 106
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Held. The Court dismissed the appeal without costs.
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