Sims v. Bestway Cleaning Co.

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Bestway Cleaning Company, d/b/a Best-way Steam Cleaning Company, appeals from an adverse decision by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirming an award of workers’ compensation based on a default judgment. We affirm.

At issue in this case is a claim for workers' compensation filed by John Sims on October 6, 1983, which allegedly arose from injuries sustained on March 7, 1983. Bestway, by its attorney, promptly filed its answer denying all of the allegations of the *792claim. Although neither the claim nor the answer mentioned any insurer, on October…