Appeal of Brown

The petitioner, Eugene Brown, appeals a decision of the compensation appeals board (board) dismissing his claim on the basis of defective notice. In addition, Brown requests that we grant a motion for attorney’s fees associated with a prior appeal to this court. We reverse and remand.

This is Brown’s second appeal on the issue of notice. Both appeals arose from the following facts as adduced at the most recent hearing before the board in October 1995. Brown was employed as a laborer during the construction of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in January 1982. A subsidiary of respondent Perini…