Hammond v. ALBINA ENGINE & MACHINE WORKS, INC.

THORNTON, J,

This is an appeal of a circuit court judgment affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The order of the Board affirmed an order by a hearing officer which granted a motion made by the employer to reinstate his request for a hearing. The hearing proceedings had been ordered dismissed by the hearing officer for lack of activity on the claim on the part of the employer. In this appeal the claimant contends that the hearing officer had no power to reinstate the hearing rights of the employer since the hearing officer’s order dismissing the proceedings had stated that…