Brown v. Gates, McDonald & Co.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Claimant injured her low back on October 31, 1981, and the insurer accepted her claim. An October 20, 1982, determination order awarded her temporary total disability from October 31, 1981, through September 22, 1982, and ten percent unscheduled permanent partial disability. She later filed an aggravation claim, which the insurer denied on December 21, 1982. The referee found that her claim had been prematurely closed, because she was not medically stationary on September 22, 1982. He ordered that the claim be reopened. The insurer sought review by the…