Rice v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State

Opinion by

Judge KAPELKE.

In this workers’ compensation proceeding, this court issued an order to petitioner, Charles W. Rice, to show cause why his petition for review should not be dismissed as untimely. The petition was filed in this court on the twenty-first day after entry of the order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (ICAO). Having considered the response to the order to show cause, we now dismiss the appeal.

The issue of timeliness in filing petitions for review is a jurisdictional requirement; therefore, the statutory provisions governing appellate review must be strictly enforced.…