Fitzgerald v. U.S. Steel

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Grover Fitzgerald appeals from the Worker’s Compensation Board’s (“Board”) dismissal of his application for adjustment of claim. Concluding that Fitzgerald’s application is time-barred under Indiana Code § 22-3-3-27 (1998), that the reimbursed wages he received from U.S. Steel (“USS”) do not constitute “compensation,” that the date of maximum medical improvement or the date his permanent partial impairment rating was issued is not the starting date for calculating the statute of limitations under the facts of this case, that USS did not make fraudulent…