Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Miller

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which dismissed its request for review for lack of jurisdiction. The referee’s order was mailed to the parties on September 27,1985. In February 1986, the attorney for employer asked the Board about the status of the request for review, which he claimed had been mailed on October 14, 1985. The Board dismissed the appeal, because the Board had not received the request and employer had not submitted the required proof of mailing. The Board said:

“We recently decided that when there is a question regarding whether a request for…