Boise Cascade Corp. v. Katzenbach

This is a Workers’ Compensation case. Petitioner Boise Cascade Company (the employer) seeks review of a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming without opinion a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board (the Board), holding that employer’s denial of a claim by claimant Katzen-bach (the claimant) was premature. For the reasons hereafter stated, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand the case to the Board.

The procedural history of the case is important. The claimant suffered a non-disabling on-the-job injury that was diagnosed as “right wrist tendonitis.” The employer…