Mintyala v. State Compensation Insurance Fund

Cindy Mintyala petitioned the Workers’ Compensation Court for a hearing after the State Compensation Insurance Fund terminated her temporary total disability benefits. Prior to trial, the Fund filed a motion to dismiss, which the Workers’ Compensation Court granted. Mintyala appeals.

We reverse and remand.

Appellant raises the following issue: Did the Workers’ Compensation Court err in granting the State Fund’s motion to dismiss Mintyala’s petition for a hearing?

FACTS

In Mintyala’s petition for hearing, she alleges that in August 1991 she injured her back and neck in the course and scope of her…