Battle v. General Sand & Stone

This cause is before us on appeal from an amended final workers’ compensation order dated November 30, 1984, changing claimant’s average weekly wage (AWW) from $550 per week to $136.67 per week, which has the effect of reducing claimant’s compensation rate from $126 per week to $82 per week. We reverse.

The deputy’s 1983 order established $550 as the AWW; thus, the appropriate procedure for the employer/carrier (E/C) to challenge that determination was through direct appeal. Since they did not file a timely appeal, the E/C cannot now go back and obtain relief unless there was a mistake of fact…