Hitt Construction v. Pratt

JAMES W. HALEY, JR., Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Hitt Construction and Zurich American Insurance Company (collectively “Hitt”) maintain the Workers’ Compensation Commission: (1) lacked authority to review its appeal from a deputy commissioner’s decision, because at the time of that review the commission was composed of only two statutorily authorized commissioners and (2) erred in that review in concluding claimant suffered permanent impairment causally related to his industrial accident. We hold that for the commission to exercise its review authority, under the Workers’ Compensation Act, when that…