Yadon v. Quinoco Petroleum, Inc.

OPINION

HARTZ, Judge.

Bob D. Yadon (“Worker”) appeals from a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Judge (“WCJ”) denying him benefits. Worker’s principal argument is that the WCJ abused her discretion and violated Worker’s constitutional right to due process when she converted a summary judgment hearing to a trial on the merits without proper notice and failed to grant Worker a continuance that she had promised him. Worker argues in the alternative that if this court views the WCJ’s order as a summary judgment, we should reverse the order because there were genuine issues of material fact. We…