Chrysler Corp. v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

Plaintiff filed a complaint for superintending control, challenging the propriety of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board review of a delayed appeal from an order of the hearing referee approving plaintiff’s redemption agreement with James Ashton. We grant superintending control on the ground that the wcab lacked jurisdiction to entertain a delayed appeal from a redemption order.

Initially, we note that superintending control is premised upon the power of the court to compel a lower court or tribunal, including an administrative agency with judicial or quasi-judicial powers, to perform a…