Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Hughes

The principal issue in this Workers’ Compensation case is whether the payment of an award of “interim compensation” is stayed pending an employer’s or insurer’s appeal of the award.

On April 16, 1982, claimant filed a stress-related occupational disease claim against Georgia-Pacific, a self-insured employer. Claimant did not work from that time until November 29, 1982. Georgia-Pacific denied the claim on July 8, 1983. It paid claimant no compensation between the time claimant filed and the time it denied the claim.

A Workers’ Compensation Board referee concluded that claimant’s claim was not…