Handlos v. Cyprus Industrial Minerals

Donna Handlos appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Court, which she argues should have imposed a penalty and attorney fees and costs against her former employer, Cyprus Industrial Minerals. We remand for a determination of whether the delay in payment of benefits was unreasonable.

Our opinion rests on our holding that the lower court erred in concluding that it was without power to impose a 20 percent penalty. Because we remand on that issue, our treatment of the other issues raised on appeal is limited.

Donna Handlos was employed as a sorter for Cyprus Industrial Minerals (Cyprus) at…