Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Eight

Employer seeks review of the Workers’ Compensation Board’s order holding that claimant’s occupational disease claim is compensable. We reverse and remand.

Claimant filed an occupational disease claim, which employer denied on July 26, 1991. Claimant sought a hearing, and the case went to hearing on October 17, 1991. When the hearing was convened, claimant requested a continuance to depose his treating physician, Dr. Bert. Claimant represented to the referee that it was not possible to provide the witness live and that the deposition could not be scheduled on fewer than six weeks’ notice.…