Likens v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals from a Workers’ Compensation Board order that affirmed the referee’s denial of her claims for compensation for occupational disease and for temporary total disability compensation, penalties and attorney fees because of the State Accident Insurance Fund’s (SAIF) untimely denial of her claim. We affirm the denial of the occupational disease claim and reverse and remand the denial of temporary compensation, penalties and attorney fees.

Claimant quit her job February 13, 1979, allegedly due to low back pain. She submitted her notice of claim on January 7, 1980, three days after…