The Cura Group, Inc. v. Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission

HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Appellant The Cura Group, Inc. (“Cura”) appeals the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s assessment of thirty-four separate fines against Cura based on its failure to appear at a show cause hearing. Cura contends that the commission erred in concluding that Cura’s failure to appear on behalf of its thirty-four individual client companies constituted thirty-four separate contempt violations, reasoning that the commission exceeded its statutory authority and deprived Cura of its constitutional right to due process of law. Because we agree that the commission erred, we…