Everett v. SAIF Corp.

The Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) awarded claimant some but not all of the permanent partial disability benefits that he sought. At the hearing before the administrative law judge (ALJ), claimant sought to introduce evidence, which he had failed to offer before DCBS, to prove that he was entitled to a larger award. The Workers’ Compensation Board ruled that claimant could not offer that evidence. On review, claimant argues that due process requires that he be permitted to introduce evidence at hearing that he did not introduce before DCBS. We affirm.

Claimant worked as a…