Smith v. Arthur's Fashions

REINHARD, Judge.

Claimant appeals from a final award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) denying her claim for Workers’ Compensation benefits. The administrative law judge (ALT) found that claimant was not entitled to benefits because she failed to give employer adequate notice of her injury, and this decision was affirmed by the Commission, with one member dissenting. We reverse the Commission’s denial of compensation and remand.

Claimant worked as a merchandise and traffic coordinator, and bookkeeper at employer’s business offices. In March, 1988, she had undergone…