Winter v. Wal-Mart Supercenter

LEE, P.J.,

for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY 1

¶ 1. Melissa Winter filed a petition to controvert against Wal-Mart and American Home Assurance Company (collectively referred to as Wal-Mart), claiming that she sustained a work-related injury on February 25, 2002. Wal-Mart answered and admitted that the injury was compen-sable, but Wal-Mart disputed the nature and extent of the disability being claimed by Winter.

¶ 2. On November 10, 2003, the administrative law judge (ALJ) entered an order dismissing Winter’s claim for failure to file a completed prehearing statement. The order stated…