Eachus v. Cooper

PIERCE, Judge.

Roy Eachus (employer) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Commission assessing a penalty against him for failing to admit or deny liability in a timely manner for claimant Charles Cooper’s injuries, and also determining that the penalty should be calculated on a compensation rate as augmented by fifty percent because of employer’s failure to carry workmen’s compensation insurance. We affirm.

Claimant sustained two injuries which arose out of and in the course of his employment. The first injury occurred in June 1981 and the second in July 1981. Employer was notified…