Flamingo Hilton v. Gilbert

OPINION1

In this appeal, we determine whether a workers’ compensation claimant’s administrative appeal — from the closure of his claim without continued maintenance care — is barred by his failure to designate, in his appeal form, the first notice informing him of the claim’s closure, rather than a subsequent notice. Because the claimant received two superseding notices of claim closure, and because his appeal was timely as to any of the three notices, his appeal was not barred. Further, as the appeals officer’s determination that the claimant was entitled to continued maintenance *1281care was…