Townsend v. M-R Products, Inc.

Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from an opinion and order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board reducing from $22,500 to $1,500 the amount of penalties owed her for defendant employer’s failure to pay compensation benefits. We reverse.

Plaintiff injured her back in 1979 while working for defendant. By a decision dated February 3, 1982, and mailed March 11, 1982, she was granted an open award of workers’ compensation benefits. Defendant, which was self-insured for workers’ compensation purposes, appealed the decision. While the appeal was pending, defendant sent to plaintiff one payment…