Williams v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Board that adopted the referee’s order that dismissed with prejudice claimant’s request for a hearing. We reverse.

Claimant’s attorney appeared for the hearing without claimant and moved for a postponement. The motion was denied. He moved to dismiss claimant’s request for a hearing without prejudice. That motion was also denied. Finally, he requested that claimant be allowed to proceed on the record 1 and to give her testimony over the telephone. The referee denied the motion and granted SAIF’s motion to dismiss with prejudice because of claimant’s…