Barr v. EBI Companies

Claimant petitions for review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that affirmed the referee’s order denying benefits. The Board agreed with the referee that claimant’s initial hearing request on EBI’s denial was premature and that she had failed to establish good cause for her untimely second hearing request. We affirm.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury while working for Villa Royal Health Care, EBI’s insured, in March, 1979. In January, 1984, claimant became disabled while working for SAIF’s insured. She filed a claim for occupational disease, which SAIF denied.

On February 24,1984,…