Kroger Co. v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

JOHNSON, J.

The Rehabilitation Unit of the Division of Workers’ Compensation (Rehabilitation Unit) awarded an injured employee a vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance on November 7, 2007. The employer, *955The Kroger Co. (Kroger), through its adjuster, Sedgwick CMS (Sedgwick), filed its notice of appeal on November 27, 2007. However, the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) concluded that the appeal had not been perfected because Sedgwick had not also filed a “Declaration of Readiness to Proceed,” a document which…