Reel v. Industrial Commission

EUBANK, Judge.

We issued our writ of certiorari to review the lawfulness of an award and findings of The Industrial Commission terminating the deceased petitioner’s benefits.

Following the filing of the opening brief, the respondent carrier and respondent employer joined in a motion to quash the writ and dismiss the petition on the basis that no personal representative had been substituted in the case on behalf of the deceased petitioner, and consequently there was no person with the legal authority to petition this Court for the writ on the deceased petitioner’s behalf within the 30-day…