Appeal of Morin

The petitioner, Francois Morin, appeals from the denial of his workers’ compensation claim by the compensation *516appeals board (board). He argues that the board erred as a matter of law when it denied his timely motion to continue the hearing because his treating physician was out of the country. We reverse and remand.

The petitioner asserts that he was injured on February 3, 1992, while working at Riley’s Sport Shop, a gun shop and shooting range. Morin, who was forty-three years old at the time of the injury, had been self-employed for twenty years as an electrician. He had worked at Riley’s…