Fantasia's Case

In this long-standing workers’ compensation action, we decide an issue we were unable to reach in a previous appeal by the parties; namely, whether the employer’s insurer, Centennial Insurance Company1 (Centennial), was prejudiced by the late filing of the employee’s claim such that the claim is time barred.2 *656In the previous appeal, this court vacated the decision of the reviewing board (board) of the Department of Industrial Accidents (department) and remanded the matter for a reexamination of the statute of limitations issue and further findings of fact in regard to the administrative…