Craft v. Industrial Indemnity Co.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which reversed the referee and held that his claim was in open status after having been reopened voluntarily by the insurer and that he was not yet entitled to a determination of the extent of disability. The referee had held that claimant is permanently and totally disabled.

Claimant requested a hearing on a determination order of February 3, 1982, which awarded him no additional permanent partial disability for head injuries. Among other things, the request specifically sought a reopening of the claim on the ground that…