Sisters of Providence v. East

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) order that held that employer could not stay payment of permanent partial disability benefits pending an order on reconsideration and awarded attorney fees and penalties. We affirm.

In 1990, claimant filed an aggravation claim based on a 1988 compensable injury. The claim was closed on December 6,1990, by determination order issued by the Department of Insurance and Finance (DIF) awarding additional time loss benefits and 20 percent unscheduled permanent partial disability (PPD). On December 13, 1990, employer requested…