McDonald-Besheme v. Verizon Wireless, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 29, 2004, which, inter alia, refused to excuse the employer’s late notice of controversy.

Claimant, an operations specialist for the employer, slipped and fell outside her home on her way to a meeting with a customer in March 2003. Claimant injured her wrist as a result of this fall and subsequently filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge found that the employer’s notice of controversy was untimely and, as a result, precluded the employer from pleading absence of an…