Brooks v. Engine Power Components, Inc

Smolensk!, J.

The Worker’s Compensation Appellate Commission (wcac) dismissed plaintiff’s appeal for failure to file transcripts in a timely manner and subsequently denied plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration. Plaintiff appeals by leave granted. We reverse.

The magistrate denied plaintiff’s claim for worker’s compensation benefits. On April 14, 1998, plaintiff’s counsel mailed the claim for review to the wcac and ordered a hearing transcript from Schultz Reporting. The wcac received plaintiff’s timely filed claim on April 15, 1998. Nearly six weeks later, on May 26, 1998, Schultz Reporting…