SAIF Corp. v. VanLanen

DURHAM, J. pro tempore

SAIF seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order holding that SAIF failed to timely pay temporary total disability (TTD) benefits to claimant and assessing a penalty. We reverse.

SAIF denied the compensability of claimant’s back injury. The referee found that the claim was compensable, and SAIF sought review. While the request for review was pending before the Board, a determination order awarded claimant TTD from the date of her injury until the date she was released to return to work. SAIF did not seek review of the determination order.1 The Board issued an…